Comprehensive management of epilepsy in onchocerciasis-endemic areas: lessons learnt from community-based surveys

• Hoofdauteurs: Joseph Nelson Siewe Fodjo (Auteur), Marieke C. J. Dekker (Auteur), Richard Idro (Auteur), Michel Ndahura Mandro (Auteur), Pierre-Marie Preux (Auteur), Alfred K. Njamnshi (Auteur), Robert Colebunders (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: BMC, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Onchocerciasis-endemic regions are known to have a high epilepsy prevalence. Limited resources in these areas and poor access to healthcare by persons with epilepsy (PWE) result in a wide anti-epileptic treatment gap, poor seizure control and a high burden of seizure-related comp...