Cysticercosis as a major risk factor for epilepsy in Burundi, East Africa

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 950-955

  Nsengiyumva, Georges ^a,b   Druet Cabanac, Michel ^a   Ramanankandrasana, Bienvenue ^a   Bouteille, Bernard ^a   Nsizabira, Léopold ^c   Preux, Pierre Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^b Burundian Association of Neonatology   (Burundi)

^c University Hospital of Kamenge   (Burundi)

Author keywords

Africa; Burundi; Cysticercosis; Epilepsy; Matched case control study

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURUNDI; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0038491613     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.55302.x     Document Type: Article

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