作者
Symon M Kariuki, William Matuja, Albert Akpalu, Angelina Kakooza‐Mwesige, Martin Chabi, Ryan G Wagner, Myles Connor, Eddie Chengo, Anthony K Ngugi, Rachael Odhiambo, Christian Bottomley, Steven White, Josemir W Sander, Brian GR Neville, Charles RJC Newton, SEEDS writing group
发表日期
2014/1
期刊
Epilepsia
卷号
55
期号
1
页码范围
76-85
简介
Purpose
Epilepsy is common in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), but the clinical features and consequences are poorly characterized. Most studies are hospital‐based, and few studies have compared different ecological sites in SSA. We described active convulsive epilepsy (ACE) identified in cross‐sectional community‐based surveys in SSA, to understand the proximate causes, features, and consequences.
Methods
We performed a detailed clinical and neurophysiologic description of ACE cases identified from a community survey of 584,586 people using medical history, neurologic examination, and electroencephalography (EEG) data from five sites in Africa: South Africa; Tanzania; Uganda; Kenya; and Ghana. The cases were examined by clinicians to discover risk factors, clinical features, and consequences of epilepsy. We used logistic regression to determine the epilepsy factors associated with medical …
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