Prevalence of epilepsy its treatment gap and knowledge, attitude and practice of its population in sub-urban Senegal an ILAE/IBE/WHO study.

PubWeight™: 1.28‹?› | Rank: Top 10%

🔗 View Article (PMID 15694563)

Published in Seizure on March 01, 2005

Authors

N F Ndoye1, A D Sow, A G Diop, B Sessouma, F Séne-Diouf, L Boissy, Issa Wone, K Touré, M Ndiaye, P Ndiaye, H de Boer, J Engel, C Mandlhate, H Meinardi, L Prilipko, J W A S Sander

Author Affiliations

1: Clinique Neurologie, Hopital Universitaire de Fann, BP 5035, Dakar, Senegal.

Associated clinical trials:

Bridging the Childhood Epilepsy Treatment Gap in Africa (BRIDGE) | NCT04290975

Articles citing this

The epilepsy treatment gap in developing countries: a systematic review of the magnitude, causes, and intervention strategies. Epilepsia (2008) 2.66

Global disparities in the epilepsy treatment gap: a systematic review. Bull World Health Organ (2009) 2.56

Active convulsive epilepsy in a rural district of Kenya: a study of prevalence and possible risk factors. Lancet Neurol (2008) 2.52

Zambian health care workers' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practices regarding epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav (2006) 1.27

Epilepsy-associated stigma in Zambia: what factors predict greater felt stigma in a highly stigmatized population? Epilepsy Behav (2010) 1.09

An estimate of the prevalence of epilepsy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic analysis. J Glob Health (2012) 1.02

Clinical and neurophysiologic features of active convulsive epilepsy in rural Kenya: a population-based study. Epilepsia (2010) 0.99

Development and validation of the Kilifi Epilepsy Beliefs and Attitude Scale. Epilepsy Behav (2012) 0.89

Addressing the treatment gap and societal impact of epilepsy in Rwanda--Results of a survey conducted in 2005 and subsequent actions. Epilepsy Behav (2015) 0.81

Ethiopian teachers: their knowledge, attitude and practice towards epilepsy. BMC Neurol (2016) 0.75

A review of 'medical' knowledge of epilepsy amongst isiZulu-speaking patients at a regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med (2015) 0.75

Managing childhood epilepsy in a resource-limited setting: A pragmatic approach. Sudan J Paediatr (2015) 0.75

Living with epilepsy in Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of Congo): epidemiology, risk factors and treatment gap. Pan Afr Med J (2015) 0.75

Community knowledge of and attitudes toward epilepsy in rural and urban Mukono district, Uganda: A cross-sectional study. Epilepsy Behav (2015) 0.75

Articles by these authors

(truncated to the top 100)

Isolation and characterization of full-length cDNA clones for human alpha-, beta-, and gamma-actin mRNAs: skeletal but not cytoplasmic actins have an amino-terminal cysteine that is subsequently removed. Mol Cell Biol (1983) 11.06

Evolutionary conservation in the untranslated regions of actin mRNAs: DNA sequence of a human beta-actin cDNA. Nucleic Acids Res (1984) 6.56

Congenital deafness and sinoatrial node dysfunction in mice lacking class D L-type Ca2+ channels. Cell (2000) 5.08

The Dielmo project: a longitudinal study of natural malaria infection and the mechanisms of protective immunity in a community living in a holoendemic area of Senegal. Am J Trop Med Hyg (1994) 4.34

The structure of cell adhesion molecule uvomorulin. Insights into the molecular mechanism of Ca2+-dependent cell adhesion. EMBO J (1987) 4.00

Hippocampal and entorhinal cortex high-frequency oscillations (100--500 Hz) in human epileptic brain and in kainic acid--treated rats with chronic seizures. Epilepsia (1999) 3.96

High-frequency oscillations in human brain. Hippocampus (1999) 3.89

A new crystal structure, Ca2+ dependence and mutational analysis reveal molecular details of E-cadherin homoassociation. EMBO J (1999) 3.20

Structure and function of laminin: anatomy of a multidomain glycoprotein. FASEB J (1990) 3.16

Shapes, domain organizations and flexibility of laminin and fibronectin, two multifunctional proteins of the extracellular matrix. J Mol Biol (1981) 3.15

Stenting in the carotid artery: initial experience in 110 patients. J Endovasc Surg (1996) 2.94

Glossary of descriptive terminology for ictal semiology: report of the ILAE task force on classification and terminology. Epilepsia (2001) 2.90

The crystal structure of a five-stranded coiled coil in COMP: a prototype ion channel? Science (1996) 2.87

A new nomenclature for the laminins. Matrix Biol (1994) 2.82

Maternal use of antiepileptic drugs and the risk of major congenital malformations: a joint European prospective study of human teratogenesis associated with maternal epilepsy. Epilepsia (1997) 2.82

alpha 1D (Cav1.3) subunits can form l-type Ca2+ channels activating at negative voltages. J Biol Chem (2001) 2.77

Kinetics of the cooperative association of actin to actin filaments. Biophys Chem (1975) 2.55

Characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced MDCK cell injury: glycosylation-defective host cells are resistant to bacterial killing. Infect Immun (1995) 2.48

Protease resistance and conformation of laminin. Eur J Biochem (1982) 2.47

Cerebral microdialysis combined with single-neuron and electroencephalographic recording in neurosurgical patients. Technical note. J Neurosurg (1999) 2.46

Electron-microscopical approach to a structural model of intima collagen. Biochem J (1983) 2.32

Chronic epileptogenesis requires development of a network of pathologically interconnected neuron clusters: a hypothesis. Epilepsia (2000) 2.31

CD133 expression is an independent prognostic marker for low survival in colorectal cancer. Br J Cancer (2008) 2.23

Conformational changes of the recombinant extracellular domain of E-cadherin upon calcium binding. Eur J Biochem (1994) 2.23

Recombinant nidogen consists of three globular domains and mediates binding of laminin to collagen type IV. EMBO J (1991) 2.23

Selective recognition of cyclic RGD peptides of NMR defined conformation by alpha IIb beta 3, alpha V beta 3, and alpha 5 beta 1 integrins. J Biol Chem (1994) 2.22

7-S collagen: characterization of an unusual basement membrane structure. Eur J Biochem (1980) 2.19

Changes in blood lymphocyte populations after multiple trauma: association with posttraumatic complications. Crit Care Med (1999) 2.18

Laminin-nidogen complex. Extraction with chelating agents and structural characterization. Eur J Biochem (1987) 2.15

Foreign body ingestion: review and suggested guidelines for management. Endoscopy (1987) 2.08

BBID: the biological biochemical image database. Bioinformatics (2000) 2.07

Homophilic adhesion of E-cadherin occurs by a co-operative two-step interaction of N-terminal domains. EMBO J (1996) 2.05

Miltefosine for new world cutaneous leishmaniasis. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 2.02

Single amino acid substitutions in one Ca2+ binding site of uvomorulin abolish the adhesive function. Cell (1990) 1.98

Folding mechanism of the triple helix in type-III collagen and type-III pN-collagen. Role of disulfide bridges and peptide bond isomerization. Eur J Biochem (1980) 1.96

Stabilization of short collagen-like triple helices by protein engineering. J Mol Biol (2001) 1.88

A health-related quality of life instrument for patients evaluated for epilepsy surgery. Med Care (1992) 1.84

Electrophysiologic analysis of a chronic seizure model after unilateral hippocampal KA injection. Epilepsia (1999) 1.83

Efficacy assessment of phenobarbital in epilepsy: a large community-based intervention trial in rural China. Lancet Neurol (2006) 1.83

Treatment of Bolivian mucosal leishmaniasis with miltefosine. Clin Infect Dis (2006) 1.82

Outcome assessment for epilepsy surgery: the impact of measuring health-related quality of life. Ann Neurol (1995) 1.82

Epileptic patterns of local cerebral metabolism and perfusion in humans determined by emission computed tomography of 18FDG and 13NH3. Ann Neurol (1980) 1.78

Structure and interactions of heparan sulfate proteoglycans from a mouse tumor basement membrane. Eur J Biochem (1984) 1.77

Domains of laminin with growth-factor activity. Cell (1989) 1.75

Acquiring simultaneous EEG and functional MRI. Clin Neurophysiol (2000) 1.75

Subunit structure and assembly of the globular domain of basement-membrane collagen type IV. Eur J Biochem (1984) 1.74

Ovarian stimulation with HMG: results of a prospective randomized phase III European study comparing the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH)-antagonist cetrorelix and the LHRH-agonist buserelin. European Cetrorelix Study Group. Hum Reprod (2000) 1.74

Comparative localization of epileptic foci in partial epilepsy by PCT and EEG. Ann Neurol (1982) 1.73

Diet restriction in rhesus monkeys lowers fasting and glucose-stimulated glucoregulatory end points. Am J Physiol (1995) 1.72

Three-dimensional preoperative maps of hippocampal atrophy predict surgical outcomes in temporal lobe epilepsy. Neurology (2005) 1.69

Evidence for coiled-coil alpha-helical regions in the long arm of laminin. EMBO J (1985) 1.68

Practical experiences in obtaining informed consent for a vaccine trial in rural Africa. N Engl J Med (1997) 1.67

High prevalence of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in men referred for obesity treatment. Neth J Med (2008) 1.64

D-23129: a new anticonvulsant with a broad spectrum activity in animal models of epileptic seizures. Epilepsy Res (1996) 1.61

[The effect of needle type and immobilization on postspinal headache]. Anaesthesist (1997) 1.59

FDG-PET/MRI coregistration improves detection of cortical dysplasia in patients with epilepsy. Neurology (2008) 1.59

Localization of flexible sites in thread-like molecules from electron micrographs. Comparison of interstitial, basement membrane and intima collagens. J Mol Biol (1984) 1.59

A longitudinal study of brain morphometrics using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging and difference image analysis. Neuroimage (2003) 1.58

Macromolecular organization of natural and recombinant lung surfactant protein SP 28-36. Structural homology with the complement factor C1q. J Mol Biol (1988) 1.55

An autonomous folding unit mediates the assembly of two-stranded coiled coils. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1998) 1.54

Calcium binding and homoassociation of E-cadherin domains. Biochemistry (1997) 1.54

Exchange of ADP, ATP and 1: N6-ethenoadenosine 5'-triphosphate at G-actin. Equilibrium and kinetics. Eur J Biochem (1979) 1.53

A substitution of cysteine for glycine 748 of the alpha 1 chain produces a kink at this site in the procollagen I molecule and an altered N-proteinase cleavage site over 225 nm away. J Biol Chem (1988) 1.51

Electron microscopy and other physical methods for the characterization of extracellular matrix components: laminin, fibronectin, collagen IV, collagen VI, and proteoglycans. Methods Enzymol (1987) 1.48

Finally, a randomized, controlled trial of epilepsy surgery. N Engl J Med (2001) 1.47

Crystal structure of a naturally occurring parallel right-handed coiled coil tetramer. Nat Struct Biol (2000) 1.46

Homophilic adhesion by cadherins. Curr Opin Struct Biol (1999) 1.46

Mortality of epilepsy in developed countries: a review. Epilepsia (2005) 1.44

Mac-2 binding protein is a cell-adhesive protein of the extracellular matrix which self-assembles into ring-like structures and binds beta1 integrins, collagens and fibronectin. EMBO J (1998) 1.43

Magnetic resonance imaging in intractable partial epilepsy: correlative studies. Ann Neurol (1986) 1.43

Pathological findings underlying focal temporal lobe hypometabolism in partial epilepsy. Ann Neurol (1982) 1.43

Extended and globular protein domains in cartilage proteoglycans. Biochem J (1987) 1.42

Disease modification in partial epilepsy. Brain (2002) 1.42

Characterization of the Chlamydia trachomatis vacuole and its interaction with the host endocytic pathway in HeLa cells. Infect Immun (1997) 1.42

Generic substitutions for antiepileptic drugs. Neurology (1990) 1.41

Treatment of American cutaneous leishmaniasis with miltefosine, an oral agent. Clin Infect Dis (2001) 1.41

The Côte d'Ivoire national HIV counseling and testing program for tuberculosis patients: implementation and analysis of epidemiologic data. AIDS (1998) 1.39

Structure of recombinant N-terminal globule of type VI collagen alpha 3 chain and its binding to heparin and hyaluronan. EMBO J (1992) 1.38

Psychiatric adverse events during levetiracetam therapy. Neurology (2003) 1.38

Role of the frontal lobes in the propagation of mesial temporal lobe seizures. Epilepsia (1992) 1.38

Increased glucose metabolism during long-duration recurrent inhibition of hippocampal pyramidal cells. J Neurosci (1984) 1.38

Electron microscopy of native cartilage oligomeric matrix protein purified from the Swarm rat chondrosarcoma reveals a five-armed structure. J Biol Chem (1992) 1.38

Development of miltefosine as an oral treatment for leishmaniasis. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2006) 1.37

Three conformationally distinct domains in the amino-terminal segment of type III procollagen and its rapid triple helix leads to and comes from coil transition. Eur J Biochem (1978) 1.37

Acute effects of lamotrigine (BW430C) in persons with epilepsy. Epilepsia (1986) 1.35

Cartilage proteoglycans. Assembly with hyaluronate and link protein as studied by electron microscopy. Biochem J (1988) 1.34

Electrophysiological correlates of pathology and surgical results in temporal lobe epilepsy. Brain (1975) 1.34

Interictal metabolic anatomy of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Arch Neurol (1993) 1.33

The extracellular matrix of Volvox carteri: molecular structure of the cellular compartment. J Cell Biol (1989) 1.33

Single-tube and nested reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for detection of Rift Valley fever virus in human and animal sera. J Virol Methods (2001) 1.33

Interictal cerebral glucose metabolism in partial epilepsy and its relation to EEG changes. Ann Neurol (1982) 1.32

Domain structure of cartilage proteoglycans revealed by rotary shadowing of intact and fragmented molecules. Biochem J (1984) 1.29

Communication, quality of life and age: results of a 5-year prospective study in breast cancer patients. Ann Oncol (2003) 1.29

The role of cis-trans isomerization of peptide bonds in the coil leads to and comes from triple helix conversion of collagen. Eur J Biochem (1978) 1.28

Functional and anatomic correlates of two frequently observed temporal lobe seizure-onset patterns. Neural Plast (2000) 1.27

Double-blind crossover trial of lamotrigine (Lamictal) as add-on therapy in intractable epilepsy. Epilepsy Res (1990) 1.26

The kinetics of the exchange of G-actin-bound 1: N6-ethenoadenosine 5'-triphosphate with ATP as followed by fluorescence. Eur J Biochem (1975) 1.26

Structure and macromolecular organization of type VI collagen. Ann N Y Acad Sci (1985) 1.26

The renaturation of soluble collagen. Products formed at different temperatures. Biochemistry (1966) 1.25

Integrin alphaIIb beta3 reconstituted into lipid bilayers is nonclustered in its activated state but clusters after fibrinogen binding. Biochemistry (1997) 1.25