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Onchocerciasis-associated epilepsy: From recent epidemiological and clinical findings to policy implications

Published:2017-04-26 Issue:2 Volume:2 Page:145-152
ISSN:2470-9239
Container-title:Epilepsia Open
language:en
Short-container-title:Epilepsia Open

Author:

Colebunders Robert¹,Njamnshi Alfred K.²,van Oijen Marieke¹³,Mukendi Deby⁴,Kashama Jean Marie⁴,Mandro Michel⁵,Gumisiriza Nolbert⁶,Preux Pierre-Marie⁷,Suykerbuyk Patrick¹,Idro Richard⁸⁹

Affiliation:

1. Global Health Institute; University of Antwerp; Antwerp Belgium

2. Neurology Department; Central Hospital Yaoundé; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; the University of Yaoundé I; Yaoundé I Republic of Cameroon

3. Department of Neurology; Academic Medical Center; Amsterdam the Netherlands

4. Neuro-psycho-pathological Centre; University of Kinshasa; Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo

5. Provincial division of Health of Ituri; Ministery of Health; Bunia Democratic Republic of the Congo

6. Busitema University; Mbale Uganda

7. Tropical Neuro-epidemiology unit; University of Limoge; Limoges France

8. College of Health Sciences; Makerere University; Kampala Uganda

9. Nuffield Department of Medicine; Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health; University of Oxford; Oxford United Kingdom

Funder

H2020 European Research Council

Medical Research Council

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Neurology (clinical),Neurology

Link

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/epi4.12054/fullpdf

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