Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Nigeria: A Community-Based Study From 3 Sites

Musa M Watila¹, Salisu A Balarabe¹, Morenikeji A Komolafe¹+13

• ¹From the NIHR University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre (M.M.W., J.W.S.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology; Chalfont Centre for Epilepsy (M.M.W., J.W.S.), Chalfont St. Peter, UK; Neurology Unit (M.M.W., J.M., Y.W.N.), Department of Medicine, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. PMB 1414, Borno State; Neurology Unit (S.A.B.), Department of Medicine, Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Sokoto State; Department of Medicine (M.A.K., M.B.F.), Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun State; Department of Psychiatry (S.C.I.), Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria; Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group (W.M.O.), Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht and Utrecht University; Department of Pediatric Neurology (W.M.O., E.v.D.), UMC Utrecht Brain Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences (O.O.), UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK; Department of Mental Health (A.A.M.), Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Maiduguri, Borno State; Federal Medical Center (I.A.) Azare, Bauchi State; Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice (E.W.H.), Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gombe State University; Department of Neurology (G.S.) and Research and Development Unit (G.S.), Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, India; Centre for Global Health (A.W.S.), Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Norway; Center for Global Health (A.W.S.), Department of Neurology, Technical University Munich, Germany; and Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland (J.W.S.), Achterweg 5, SW Heemstede, the Netherlands.+1