Prevalence and Incidence of Epilepsy Associated with Convulsive Seizures in Rural Bolivia. A Global Campaign against Epilepsy Project
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Título
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Prevalence and Incidence of Epilepsy Associated with Convulsive Seizures in Rural Bolivia. A Global Campaign against Epilepsy Project
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Autoría
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Elisa Bruno
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Graziella Quattrocchi
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Elizabeth Blanca Crespo Gómes
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Vito Sofia
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Sandra Padilla
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Mario Camargo
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Mario Zappia
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Alessandro Bartoloni
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Alessandra Nicoletti
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Descripción
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The study was carried out in the Cordillera province, southern-eastern Bolivia. One hundred fourteen rural communities with a total population of 18.907 inhabitants were included in the survey. In order to identify subjects with EACS, trained fieldworkers administered a validate single screening question to the householders (stage I). A second face to face questionnaire was administered to each positive subject (stage II) that, in case of positive answer, underwent a complete neurological examination the diagnosis (stage III). We estimated age and sex specific life-time and active EACS prevalence at the prevalence day (30 june 2010). Incidence risk was evaluated for the 10 year period between January 2000 and December 2010
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Editor
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PLoS ONE 10(10): e0139108. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139108
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Colaborador
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The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs—Development Cooperation within the project Strengthening of Health Services in the Bolivian Chaco: A Community Based Perspective (8759/UCODEP/BOL).
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Identificador
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PLoS ONE 10(10): e0139108. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139108
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Materia
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Epilepsy Prevalence Rural Bolivia
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Fecha de entrega
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February 25, 2015
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Fecha de aceptación
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2015
