- Abstract:
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OBJECTIVE: We estimated premature mortality and identified causes of death and associated factors in people with active convulsive epilepsy (ACE) in rural Kenya. METHODS: In this prospective population-based study, people with ACE were identified in a cross-sectional survey and followed up regularly for 3 years, during which information on deaths and associated factors was collected. We used a validated verbal autopsy tool to establish putative causes of death. Age-specific rate ratios and st...
Expand abstract - Publication status:
- Published
- Publisher:
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Journal:
- Neurology
- Volume:
- 82
- Issue:
- 7
- Pages:
- 582-589
- Publication date:
- 2014-02-05
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1526-632X
- ISSN:
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0028-3878
- URN:
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uuid:d0298ce7-5f45-402c-af92-ab15fe3ee05f
- Source identifiers:
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446868
- Local pid:
- pubs:446868
- Copyright date:
- 2014
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Premature mortality in active convulsive epilepsy in rural Kenya: causes and associated factors.
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