Relationship between onchocerciasis and epilepsy: a matched case-control study in the Mbam Valley, Republic of Cameroon
- 1 September 2002
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 96 (5), 537-541
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0035-9203(02)90433-5
Abstract
Studies conducted during the past 10 years to investigate the possible relationship between onchocerciasis and epilepsy have led to contradictory resKeywords
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