Prevalence of epilepsy in rural China: a decreasing trend over 12 years

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2019 Nov;90(11):1289-1291. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2018-320131. Epub 2019 Mar 7.

¹ Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
² Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Institute of Neurology, WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Training in Neurosciences, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China dingding@huashan.org.cn.
³ Department of Neurology, Ningxia Medical University Affiliated Hospital, Yinchuan, China.
⁴ Jincheng Medical Emergency Aid Center, Shanxi, China.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Huashan Hospital North, Shanghai, China.
⁶ Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
⁷ Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Institute of Neurology, WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Training in Neurosciences, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
⁸ China Association against Epilepsy, Beijing, China.
⁹ NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology & Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy, London, UK.
¹⁰ Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, SEIN, Heemstede, The Netherlands.

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Keywords: disease burden; epidemiology; epilepsy.

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