Severe neurological sequelae and behaviour problems after cerebral malaria in Ugandan children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cerebral malaria is the most severe neurological complication of falciparum malaria and a leading cause of death and neuro-disability in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to describe functional deficits and behaviour problems in children who survived cerebral malaria with severe neurological sequelae and identify patterns of brain injury.

Findings

Records of children attending a specialist child neurology clinic in Uganda with severe neurological sequelae following cerebral malaria between January 2007 and December 2008 were examined to describe deficits in gross motor function, speech, vision and hearing, behaviour problems or epilepsy. Deficits were classified according to the time of development and whether their distribution suggested a focal or generalized

SUBMITTER: Idro R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2861066 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature