Increased prevalence of epilepsy associated with severe falciparum malaria in children.
PURPOSE: Multiple, prolonged, generalized, or focal seizures are common in children with severe malaria, with or without coma. In other contexts, such seizures have been associated with the development of epilepsy. The relation between falciparum malaria and epilepsy is undetermined; thus we measur...
Hlavní autoři: | Carter, J, Neville, BG, White, S, Ross, A, Otieno, G, Mturi, N, Musumba, C, Newton, C |
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Médium: | Journal article |
Jazyk: | English |
Vydáno: |
2004
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