Nakalanga Syndrome: Clinical Characteristics, Potential Causes, and Its Relationship with Recently Described Nodding Syndrome.

• Main Authors: Kathrin Föger (Author), Gina Gora-Stahlberg (Author), James Sejvar (Author), Emilio Ovuga (Author), Louise Jilek-Aall (Author), Erich Schmutzhard (Author), Christoph Kaiser (Author), Andrea S Winkler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Nakalanga syndrome is a condition that was described in Uganda and various other African countries decades ago. Its features include growth retardation, physical deformities, endocrine dysfunction, mental impairment, and epilepsy, amongst others. Its cause remains obscure. Nodding syndrome is a neur...