Cerebral Malaria and Sequelar Epilepsy: First Matched Case‐Control Study in Gabon

200665 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Edgard Brice Ngoungou · Université des Sciences de la Santé

Jean Koko

Michel Druet‐Cabanac · Institut d’Epidémiologie Neurologique et de Neurologie Tropicale

Yvonne Assengone-Zeh-Nguema · ISI Foundation

Marylène Ndong Launay · Libreville Hospital

Edouard Engohang · Libreville Hospital

Martine Moubeka-Mounguengui · Libreville Hospital

Abstract

This first case-control study on that issue suggests that epilepsy-related CM is an underrecognized problem. It emphasizes the need for further studies to better evaluate the role of convulsions during CM.

Topics & Keywords

Malaria Research and Control Epilepsy research and treatment Mosquito-borne diseases and control

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Epilepsia

Volume 47, Issue 12, pp. 2147-2153

DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00890.x

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