Population-Based Study of Epilepsy in Cambodia Associated Factors, Measures of Impact, Stigma, Quality of Life, Knowledge-Attitude-Practice, and Treatment Gap

Devender Bhalla; Kimly Chea; Chamroeun Hun; Mey Vannareth; Pierre Huc; Samleng Chan; Robert Sebbag; Daniel Gérard; Michel Dumas; Sophal Oum; Michel Druet-Cabanac; Pierre-Marie Preux

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046296

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Population-Based Study of Epilepsy in Cambodia Associated Factors, Measures of Impact, Stigma, Quality of Life, Knowledge-Attitude-Practice, and Treatment Gap

Devender Bhalla,

Affiliations INSERM U1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Limoges, France; University of Limoges, School of Medicine, Institute of Neuroepidemiology and Tropical Neurology, GEIST, Limoges, France; CHU Limoges, Limoges, France, Cambodian Society of Neurology, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Kimly Chea,

Affiliation University of Health Sciences, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Chamroeun Hun,

Affiliations University of Health Sciences, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Department of Neurology, Calmette Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Cambodian Society of Neurology, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Mey Vannareth,

Affiliation University of Health Sciences, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Pierre Huc,

Affiliation INSERM U1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Limoges, France; University of Limoges, School of Medicine, Institute of Neuroepidemiology and Tropical Neurology, GEIST, Limoges, France; CHU Limoges, Limoges, France
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Samleng Chan,

Affiliations University of Health Sciences, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Department of Neurology, Calmette Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Cambodian Society of Neurology, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Robert Sebbag,

Affiliation Department of Access to Medicines, Sanofi, Gentilly, France
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Daniel Gérard,

Affiliation Department of Access to Medicines, Sanofi, Gentilly, France
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Michel Dumas,

Affiliation INSERM U1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Limoges, France; University of Limoges, School of Medicine, Institute of Neuroepidemiology and Tropical Neurology, GEIST, Limoges, France; CHU Limoges, Limoges, France
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Sophal Oum,

Affiliation University of Health Sciences, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Michel Druet-Cabanac,

Affiliation INSERM U1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Limoges, France; University of Limoges, School of Medicine, Institute of Neuroepidemiology and Tropical Neurology, GEIST, Limoges, France; CHU Limoges, Limoges, France
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Pierre-Marie Preux

* E-mail: preux@unilim.fr

Affiliation INSERM U1094, Tropical Neuroepidemiology, Limoges, France; University of Limoges, School of Medicine, Institute of Neuroepidemiology and Tropical Neurology, GEIST, Limoges, France; CHU Limoges, Limoges, France
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Population-Based Study of Epilepsy in Cambodia Associated Factors, Measures of Impact, Stigma, Quality of Life, Knowledge-Attitude-Practice, and Treatment Gap

Devender Bhalla,
Kimly Chea,
Chamroeun Hun,
Mey Vannareth,
Pierre Huc,
Samleng Chan,
Robert Sebbag,
Daniel Gérard,
Michel Dumas,
Sophal Oum

Published: October 15, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046296

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