RT Journal
A1 Friedrich MJ
T1 REducing the epilepsy burden
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD November 21
VO 308
IS 19
SP 1963
OP 1963
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.73687
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.73687
AB 
The investigators carried out a comprehensive review of 646 academic articles on epilepsy in developing countries published between 1966 and May 2012. Head injury, complications during childbirth, poor prenatal and perinatal care, and parasitic diseases contribute to the higher burden of epilepsy in these countries, most of which are in Africa. More deaths associated with epilepsy occur in low-income than in high-income countries, and this is thought to result from lack of treatment of the disease.