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Nodding Syndrome

Known as: Nodding Syndromes, Syndromes, Nodding, Nodding Syndrome [Disease/Finding] 
Unexplained neurologic condition characterized by episodes of atonic seizures, convulsions or staring spells with further cognitive decline.
National Institutes of Health

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2018
2018
Histological examination of post-mortem brains of children with nodding syndrome.
We read with interest the editorial by Boivin about the aetiology of nodding syndrome (1). In this paper the author mentions that… 
2018
2018
Link to Alzheimer's seen in nodding syndrome.
A disease mystery with no shortage of leads now has an intriguing new one. Since the 1960s, thousands of children in poor, war… 
Review
2016
Review
2016
The enigmatic nodding syndrome outbreak in northern Uganda: an analysis of the disease burden and national response strategies.
To date, the cause of nodding syndrome (NS) remains unknown; however, efforts continue to establish risk factors and optimal… 
2016
2016
Nodding syndrome--we can now prevent it.
2015
2015
Case Report : Nodding Syndrome , Western Uganda , 1994
Nodding syndrome (NS) is a poorly understood condition, which was delineated in 2008 as a new epilepsy syndrome. So far… 
2014
2014
Stereotypes on Nodding syndrome: responses of health workers in the affected region of northern Uganda.
BACKGROUND Nodding Syndrome is a debilitating disorder of yet unknown etiology that has affected children and adolescents aged 3… 
2014
2014
Nodding Syndrome in Uganda: Field Observations, Challenges and Research Agenda
This article summarizes observations made in Northern Uganda and a lecture given at the Nodding Syndrome Workshop in Nagasaki… 
2012
2012
Nodding syndrome leaves baffled scientists shaking their heads
Louise Jilek-Aall was a young Norwegian physician working in the Mahenge mountains of Tanzania in the 1960s, when she noticed… 
2012
2012
Tropical Diseases. Mystery disease haunts region.
In Mahenge, a town in a mountainous and isolated area of southern Tanzania, a great number of people suffer from epilepsy. Some… 
2009
2009
Head nodding syndrome and river blindness: A parasitologic perspective
To the Editors: Winkler et al. (2008) give an excellent description of the ‘‘head nodding syndrome,’’ a disorder that has been… 
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