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Nodding Syndrome (NS) in Northern Uganda: A Probable Metabolic Disorder
(Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, 2013-07-04)
Aims: To conduct an epidemiological study to establish the association between malnutrition, metabolic disorder and Onchocerciasis to Nodding Syndrome (NS) in Northern Uganda.
Study Design: Case-control study design. ...
Stereotypes on Nodding Syndrome: Responses of Health Workers in the Affected Region of Northern Uganda
(MAKERERE UNIV, FAC MED , PO BOX 7072, KAMPALA, UGANDA, 2013-12)
Background: Nodding Syndrome is a debilitating disorder of yet unknown etiology that has affected children and adolescents
aged 3 – 18 years in parts of sub Saharan African countries including Uganda, South Sudan, Tanzania ...
The Enigmatic Nodding Syndrome Outbreak in Northern Uganda: An analysis of the Disease Burden and National Response Strategies
(Oxford University Press, 2015-06-27)
To date, the cause of nodding syndrome (NS) remains unknown; however, efforts continue to establish risk factors and optimal symptomatic treatments. We documented the burden and national response strategies including ...
Nodding Syndrome: Recent Insights into Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment
(Dove press Ltd, 2018-05-24)
Nodding syndrome is an enigmatic neuropsychiatric and epileptiform disorder associated with psychomotor, mental, and physical growth retardation. The disorder affects otherwise previously normal children aged 3–18 years, ...
"Those Who Died are the Ones That are Cured". Walking the Political Tightrope of Nodding Syndrome in Northern Uganda: Emerging Challenges for Research and Policy
(PLOS, 2019-06-20)
Background
Nodding Syndrome was first reported from Tanzania in the 1960s but appeared as an epi demic in Northern Uganda in the 1990s during the LRA civil war. It is characterized by repeti tive head nodding, often ...