2023
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1769125
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The challenges to control epilepsy in an isolated indigenous tribe in Brazil's Amazon: 15 years of follow-up

Abstract: Background Epilepsy is a common neurological disease that affects people all over the world, but it is rarely described in indigenous peoples. Objective To study the epilepsy characteristics and risk factors for seizure control in people from an isolated indigenous population. Methods This is a retrospective and historical cohort study conducted from 2003 to 2018 (15 years), at a neurology outpatient clinic, of 25 Waiwai tribes' indigenous individuals with epilepsy, inhabitants of an isolat… Show more

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