Prevalence of neurocysticercosis among people with epilepsy in rural areas of Burkina Faso

Purpose:  To estimate the lifetime prevalence of neurocysticercosis (NCC)–associated epilepsy and the proportion of NCC among people with epilepsy in three Burkina Faso villages.

• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Epilepsia

• Publication date

  2012-12-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03687.xPMID 23148555PMCID PMC5459323
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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