Epilepsy in Africa: caution and optimism

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Gretchen L Birbeck. Lancet Neurol. 2013 Mar.

. 2013 Mar;12(3):220-2.

doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(12)70324-1. Epub 2013 Jan 31.

¹ International Neurologic and Psychiatric Epidemiology Program (INPEP), Michigan State University, MI 48824, USA. birbeck@msu.edu

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Prevalence of active convulsive epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa and associated risk factors: cross-sectional and case-control studies.
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