Cerebral malaria linked to epilepsy, behavior disorders

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - 16:20 in Health & Medicine

Almost a third of cerebral malaria survivors developed epilepsy or other behavioral disorders in the most comprehensive study to date of the disease in African children, solidifying the link between malaria and neuropsychiatric disorders that affect hundreds of thousands of children.

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