Epidemiological and clinical features of epileptic patients in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Journal of Neurology & Stroke
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François Maheshe Polepole,1,2 Olivier Mukuku,3 Alfred Chasumba Murhula,2 Marcellin Bugeme,4 Théophile Barhwamire Kabesha,5 Stanis Okitotsho Wembonyama,4 Zacharie Kibendelwa Tsongo6
Abstract
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions but the majority of epileptic patients in sub-Saharan African countries do not receive appropriate treatment. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), very few epidemiological studies have been conducted on epilepsy. The objective of this study was to describe socio-demographic characteristics, the type of epileptic seizures, and etiological factors of these seizures in a hospital cohort of epileptic patients followed at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital Center in Goma (in the DRC).
Keywords
epilepsy, seizures, etiology, goma
