ArticleJournal of neurosciences in rural practice
Epilepsy care and outcome in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review.
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- Integrating Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Metabolomics to Explore Interindividual Variability in Lamotrigine Response in Epilepsy.Drug design, development and therapy · 2026Article
- Paroxysmal slow wave events as a diagnostic biomarker for epilepsy: Lessons from rural Zambia.Epilepsia · 2025Article
- Unmet needs of women with epilepsy living in rural low- and middle-income countries: The experience of the Bolivian Chaco.Epilepsia open · 2025Article
- Integrating neurological expertise into One Health strategies for pediatric neurocysticercosis-associated epilepsy control in Sub-Saharan Africa: a narrative review.One health outlook · 2025Review
- Global burden trends of idiopathic epilepsy in young adults from 1990 to 2035: based on the global burden of disease study 2021.BMC neurology · 2025Article
- Challenges in the Management of Cavernoma-Related Epilepsy: Seizure Outcomes, Antiseizure Medication Practices, and Access to Intraoperative Technologies in Kazakhstan.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Evolving trends and burden of idiopathic epilepsy among children (0-14 years), 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2021.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Objectives: Epilepsy is a common neurological condition in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aims to systematically review, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information on the current state of medical and surgical management and outcomes of epilepsy in LMICs. Materials and Methods: Systematic searches were conducted on MEDLINE, EMBASE, World Health Organization Global Index Medicus, African Journals Online, WOS, and Scopus, covering the period from the inception of the databases to August 18 Results: A total of 2298 unique studies were identified, of which, 48 were included (38035 cases). The mean age was 20.1 ± 19.26 years with a male predominance in 60.92% of cases. The type of seizure commonly reported in most of the studies was absence seizures ( Conclusion: In LMICs, epilepsy is underreported. There is still a lack of adequate tools for the diagnosis of primary or secondary epilepsy as well as adequate access to medical management of those reported.
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