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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Epilepsy--Treatment"”.
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Gaps in management and treatment of epilepsy in people with confirmed or probable neurocysticercosis
Epilepsy is a disorder caused by many factors, including infection of the central nervous system with the larval stage of Taenia solium, leading to neurocysticercosis (NCC). People with epilepsy (PWE) in low-income countries often do not receive appropriate treatment, which besides the continuing …
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Gaps in management and treatment of epilepsy in people with confirmed or probable neurocysticercosis
Epilepsy is a disorder caused by many factors, including infection of the central nervous system with the larval stage of Taenia solium, leading to neurocysticercosis (NCC). People with epilepsy (PWE) in low-income countries often do not receive appropriate treatment, which besides the continuing …
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Neural Dynamics of Mental Imagery, Visual Perception, and Rapid Eye Movement Sleep
… electrodes surgically implanted as part of their epilepsy treatment plan. Both sets of human participants were monitored during visual stimulus processing, imagery, and REM sleep. The visual stimuli involved clock angles. The imagery task involved imagining two clock times and comparing their …
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Wireless Neural Recording and Stimulation SoCs for Monitoring and Treatment of Intractable Epilepsy
… systems-on-chip (SoCs) for diagnostics and treatment of neurological disorders. It also validates the SoCs as an electronic implant for preoperative monitoring and treatment of intractable epilepsy. The first prototype SoC is a neural recording interface intended for wireless monitoring of …
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Culturally Congruent Interventions for People Living with Epilepsy in Selected Rural Communities of Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces
Background: Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterised by recurrent seizures. It affects millions of people worldwide and significantly impacts their quality of life. Most people living with epilepsy, particularly those in rural areas, do not receive adequate treatment to control their …
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Health technology assessment for levetiracetam in the treatment of newly diagnosed epilepsy in the South African Public Health Sector
Epilepsy, a chronic neurological disorder has an estimated prevalence of between 0.4% and 1.0% globally, and 1% in South Africa. Epilepsy has multiple underlying causes including head injuries, vascular insults, hippocampal sclerosis, cortical dysgenesis, drug or alcohol abuse and infectious …
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Experiences of people living with epilepsy presenting for treatment at Umlazi Clinic
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree in Masters of Technology: Nursing, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2013.