Prevalence of epilepsy in the onchocerciasis endemic middle belt of Ghana after 27 years of mass drug administration with ivermectin
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Prevalence of epilepsy in the onchocerciasis endemic middle belt of Ghana after 27 years of mass drug administration with ivermectin
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Infectious Diseases of Poverty
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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2023-08-17
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10.1186/s40249-023-01117-9
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