Nodding syndrome: a concise review

Abstract Nodding syndrome is an uncommon epileptic disorder of childhood onset, which appears to occur exclusively in clusters in sub-Saharan Africa. It was first reported in the 1960s, in what is now southern Tanzania, then in Liberia, and later in South Sudan and northern Uganda, with both epidemi...

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Published in:Brain communications 2020-01, Vol.2 (1), p.fcaa037-fcaa037
Main Authors: Olum, Sam, Scolding, Peter, Hardy, Charlotte, Obol, James, Scolding, Neil J
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