Nodding syndrome: 2015 International Conference Report and Gulu Accord
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Nodding syndrome: 2015 International Conference Report and Gulu Accord
Nodding syndrome is a pediatric epileptic encephalopathy of apparent environmental origin that was first described in Tanzania, with recent epidemics in South Sudan and Uganda. Following a brief description of the medical geography, setting and case definition of this progressive brain disorder, we report recent advances relating to etiology, diagnosis and treatment described in papers given at...
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عنوان ژورنال: eNeurologicalSci
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2405-6502
DOI: 10.1016/j.ensci.2015.11.001