Purpose: Drug-resistant epilepsy affects a substantial proportion (30-40 %) of patients with epilepsy, often necessitating video-electroencephalography (video-EEG) monitoring. In 2016, Sauro et al. introduced a set of measures aimed at improving the quality and safety indicators reported in video-EEG evaluations.
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May 2014
Introduction: This study aimed to describe the main features of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), both related to and independent of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, in patients who were registered in Tocantins, Brazil.
Methods: Data from 1,779 new patients with VL, 33 of whom were also infected with HIV, were reviewed.
Results: The incidence of VL/HIV coinfection increased from 0.