Onchocerciasis and epilepsy;Onchocercose et épilepsie

Epilepsies

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-119

  Preux, Pierre Marie ^a   Marin, Benoît ^a   Druet Cabanac, Michel ^a   Farnarier, Guy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Onchocerciasis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CROSS REACTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; REVIEW;

EID: 77955866766     PISSN: 11496576     EISSN: 19506937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/epi.2010.0305     Document Type: Review

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