Prevalence of River Epilepsy in the Orientale Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• Main Authors: Robert Colebunders (Author), Floribert Tepage (Author), Ente Rood (Author), Michel Mandro (Author), Emmanuel Nji Abatih (Author), Gisele Musinya (Author), Germain Mambandu (Author), José Kabeya (Author), Michel Komba (Author), Bethany Levick (Author), John L Mokili (Author), Anne Laudisoit (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:An increased prevalence of epilepsy has been reported in many onchocerciasis endemic areas. OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence and distribution of epilepsy in an onchocerciasis endemic region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). DESIGN/METHODS:An epilepsy prevalence study was...