Global Burden of Childhood Epilepsy, Intellectual Disability, and Sensory Impairments

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Bolajoko O. Olusanya · Centre for Healthy Start Initiative

Scott M. Wright · Johns Hopkins University

M. K. C. Nair

N Y Boo · Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

Ricardo Halpern

Hannah Kuper · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Amina Abubakar · Kenya Medical Research Institute

Nihad A. Almasri

Abstract

The number of children and adolescents with these 4 disabilities is far higher than the 2004 estimate, increases from infancy to adolescence, and accounts for a substantial proportion of all-cause YLD.

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Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments

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Published in: PEDIATRICS

Volume 146, Issue 1, pp. e20192623-e20192623

DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-2623

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 21.42

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Global Burden of Childhood Epilepsy, Intellectual Disability, and Sensory Impairments

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