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doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aam8532.
Nodding syndrome: Preventable and treatable
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- DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aam8532
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Nodding syndrome: Preventable and treatable
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Abstract
New insights into the pathophysiology of nodding syndrome, a form of childhood epilepsy associated with onchocerciasis, provide new opportunities for disease treatment and parasite control (Johnson et al).
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Nodding syndrome may be an autoimmune reaction to the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus.Sci Transl Med. 2017 Feb 15;9(377):eaaf6953. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf6953. Sci Transl Med. 2017. PMID: 28202777 Free PMC article.
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