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AIDS and Epilepsy
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Neurological Disorders

ISSN: 2329-6895

Open Access

AIDS and Epilepsy


2nd International Conference on Epilepsy & Treatment

October 20-21, 2016 Rome, Italy

Abbashar Hussein, Amira Sidig and Mohmad Malk Aldar

University of Khartoum, Sudan

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Neurol Disord

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of epilepsy among Sudanese AIDS patients and to study the underlying causes and types of epilepsy. About 700 AIDS patients were included in this cross-sectional hospital based study. Almost 5.71% of the patients had epilepsy and 50% of them had generalized convulsion. Encephalitis was found to be the commonest cause of epilepsy followed by meningitis, brain abscess, CNS lymphoma and toxoplasmosis. The EEGs showed abnormal discharge in 28 patients (70%). AIDS is a great mimicker. It can be present in almost any neurological manifestation. Epilepsy is not an uncommon neurological manifestation associated with AIDS.

Biography :

Email: abbashar59@yahoo.com

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