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Identifying biomarkers for epilepsy after cerebral malaria in Zambian children: rationale and design of a prospective observational study

INTRODUCTION: Malaria affecting the central nervous system (CM) is a major contributor to paediatric epilepsy in resource-poor settings, with 10%–16% of survivors developing epilepsy within 2 years of infection. Despite high risk for post-malaria epilepsy (PME), biomarkers indicating which CM surviv...

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Autores principales: Patel, Archana A, Birbeck, Gretchen L, Mazumdar, Maitreyi, Mwanza, Suzanna, Nyirongo, Rosemary, Berejena, Dixon, Kasolo, Joseph, Mwale, Tina, Nambeye, Violet, Nkole, Kafula Lisa, Kawatu, Nfwama, Zhang, Bo, Rotenberg, Alexander
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9297226/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35851014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062948