Magnetic resonance imaging findings in Kenyans and South Africans with active convulsive epilepsy: An observational study

• Published in: Epilepsia (Copenhagen) Vol. 65; no. 1; pp. 165 - 176
• Main Authors: Kariuki, Symon M., Wagner, Ryan G., Gunny, Roxana, D'Arco, Felice, Kombe, Martha, Ngugi, Anthony K., White, Steven, Odhiambo, Rachael, Cross, J. Helen, Sander, Josemir W., Newton, Charles R. J. C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2024
• Subjects: Bayes Theorem; Bayesian analysis; brain abnormalities; Brain Diseases - complications; Convulsions & seizures; diagnosis; EEG; Epilepsy; Epilepsy - diagnostic imaging; Epilepsy - epidemiology; Epilepsy, Generalized - complications; Gliosis; Hippocampal Sclerosis; Humans; Kenya; Kenya - epidemiology; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; mesial temporal sclerosis; Neuroimaging; Observational studies; Perinatal exposure; Pilot Projects; Sclerosis; Seizures; South Africa; South Africa - epidemiology; Kenya; South Africa; South Africa; diagnosis; mesial temporal sclerosis; Kenya; brain abnormalities

Objective Focal epilepsy is common in low‐ and middle‐income countries. The frequency and nature of possible underlying structural brain abnormalities have, however, not been fully assessed. Methods We evaluated the possible structural causes of epilepsy in 331 people with epilepsy (240 from Kenya a...