High prevalence of epilepsy in Southern and Northern Rwanda: Myth or reality?-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

High prevalence of epilepsy in Southern and Northern Rwanda: Myth or reality?

Published:2024-06-28 Issue:9 Volume:29 Page:842-843
ISSN:1360-2276
Container-title:Tropical Medicine & International Health
language:en
Short-container-title:Tropical Med Int Health

Author:

Angwafor S. A.¹²³⁴,Watila M. M.⁵⁶^ORCID,Njamnshi A. K.³⁴⁷⁸^ORCID,Sander J. W.⁶⁹¹⁰^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences University of Bamenda Bamenda Cameroon

2. Department of Neurology Bamenda Regional Hospital Bamenda Cameroon

3. Brain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN) Yaoundé Cameroon

4. Brain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN) Geneva Switzerland

5. Department of Neurology Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill Health Campus Aberdeen UK

6. Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, WC1N 3BG & Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy Chalfont St Peter UK

7. Neuroscience Lab, Faculty of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences The University of Yaoundé I Yaoundé Cameroon

8. Department of Neurology Yaoundé Central Hospital Yaoundé Cameroon

9. Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland (SEIN) Heemstede The Netherlands

10. Department of Neurology West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu China

Publisher

Wiley

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/tmi.14027

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