TY  - JOUR
T1  - EPilepsy risks in africa
AU  - Friedrich MJ
Y1  - 2013/03/20
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2013.1828
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1101
EP  - 1101
VL  - 309
IS  - 11
N2  - 
The results showed for adults, exposure to parasites posed the greatest risk for developing active convulsive epilepsy; for children, perinatal causes such as head injury during delivery posed the greatest risk. Programs to control parasitic diseases and to provide better antenatal care could reduce epilepsy cases in sub-Saharan Africa.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.1828
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2013.1828
ER  -