Prevalence and Incidence of Epilepsy Associated with Convulsive Seizures in Rural Bolivia. A Global Campaign against Epilepsy Project

Elisa Bruno; Graziella Quattrocchi; Elizabeth Blanca Crespo Gómes; Vito Sofia; Sandra Padilla; Mario Camargo; Mario Zappia; Alessandro Bartoloni; Alessandra Nicoletti

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0139108

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Prevalence and Incidence of Epilepsy Associated with Convulsive Seizures in Rural Bolivia. A Global Campaign against Epilepsy Project

Elisa Bruno ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Elisa Bruno, Graziella Quattrocchi

Current address: Department of Neurology, Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Westminister Bridge Road, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate “G.F. Ingrassia”, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy
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Graziella Quattrocchi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Elisa Bruno, Graziella Quattrocchi

Current address: Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, University College London, London WC1N 3BG, United Kingdom

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate “G.F. Ingrassia”, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy
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Elizabeth Blanca Crespo Gómes,

Affiliation Servicio departamental de Salud, Santa Cruz, Camiri, Bolivia
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Vito Sofia,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate “G.F. Ingrassia”, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy
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Sandra Padilla,

Affiliation Servicio departamental de Salud, Santa Cruz, Camiri, Bolivia
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Mario Camargo,

Affiliation President of the Bolivian League Against Epilepsy, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
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Mario Zappia,

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate “G.F. Ingrassia”, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy
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Alessandro Bartoloni,

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Infectious and Tropical Diseases Unit, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134 Florence, Italy
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Alessandra Nicoletti

* E-mail: anicolet@unict.it

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate “G.F. Ingrassia”, University of Catania, Via Santa Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy
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Prevalence and Incidence of Epilepsy Associated with Convulsive Seizures in Rural Bolivia. A Global Campaign against Epilepsy Project

Elisa Bruno,
Graziella Quattrocchi,
Elizabeth Blanca Crespo Gómes,
Vito Sofia,
Sandra Padilla,
Mario Camargo,
Mario Zappia,
Alessandro Bartoloni,
Alessandra Nicoletti

Published: October 1, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0139108

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