TY  - JOUR
T1  - REducing the epilepsy burden
AU  - Friedrich MJ
Y1  - 2012/11/21
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.73687
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1963
EP  - 1963
VL  - 308
IS  - 19
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.73687
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.73687
ER  -