Significant association between epilepsy and presence of onchocercal nodules: Case-control study in cameroon

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 557-

  Pion, Sébastien D S ^a   Boussinesq, Michel ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMEROON; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HUMAN; LETTER; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE;

EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

EID: 84859600573     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0603a     Document Type: Letter

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