Global Burden of Childhood Epilepsy, Intellectual Disability, and Sensory Impairments

O. Olusanya, Bolajoko; M. Wright, Scott; K. C. Nair, M.; Y Boo, N; Halpern, Ricardo; Kuper, Hannah; Abubakar, Amina; A. Almasri, Nihad; Arabloo, Jalal; K. Arora, Narendra; Backhaus, Sophia; D. Berman, Brian; Breinbauer, Cecilia; Carr, Gwen; J. de Vries, Petrus; del Castillo-Hegyi, Christie; Eftekhari, Aziz; Gladstone, Melissa; A. Hoekstra, Rosa; Kancherla, Vijaya; C. Mulaudzi, Mphelekedzeni; Kakooza‐Mwesige, Angelina; Akpojene Ogbo, Felix; Elizabeth Olsen, Helen; Olusegun Olusanya, Jacob; Pandey, Ashok; Samms‐Vaughan, Maureen; Servili, Chiara; Shaheen, Amira; Smythe, Tracey; Wertlieb, Donald; N. Williams, Andrew; R. Newton, Charles; Davis, Adrian; J Kassebaum, Nicholas

doi:10.1542/peds.2019-2623

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Global Burden of Childhood Epilepsy, Intellectual Disability, and Sensory Impairments

Published in PEDIATRICS • Jun 17, 2020

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Bolajoko O. Olusanya

Scott M. Wright

M. K. C. Nair

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Estimates of children and adolescents with disabilities worldwide are needed to inform global intervention under the disability-inclusive provisions of the Sustainable Development Goals. We sought to update the most widely reported estimate of 93 million children <15 years with disabilit...

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Burden of disease

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