Seizure reduction and quality of life improvements in people with epilepsy

GL Birbeck, RD Hays, X Cui, BG Vickrey - Epilepsia, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Previous research suggests that seizure freedom may be necessary to improve
health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) for epilepsy surgery patients, but little is known regarding …

Epilepsy-associated stigma in sub-Saharan Africa: the social landscape of a disease

R Baskind, GL Birbeck - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2005 - Elsevier
Many studies in developed regions of the world have confirmed that stigma contributes
substantially to the psychological and social burden of epilepsy. Relatively few studies of epilepsy…

Teleneurology and mobile technologies: the future of neurological care

…, AM Glidden, MR Holloway, GL Birbeck… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Neurological disorders are the leading cause of global disability. However, for most people
around the world, current neurological care is poor. In low-income countries, most individuals …

Migraine: the seventh disabler

TJ Steiner, LJ Stovner, GL Birbeck - cephalalgia, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
On 15 December 2012, a special edition of Lancet published the principal findings of the
Global Burden of Disease Survey 2010 (GBD2010). Few reports are likely to have more …

Evidence-based guidelines for mental, neurological, and substance use disorders in low-and middle-income countries: summary of WHO recommendations

…, MT Yasamy, JL Ayuso-Mateos, GL Birbeck… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Evidence-Based Guidelines for Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders in Low-
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Brain swelling and death in children with cerebral malaria

…, DA Milner, FW Muwalo, GL Birbeck… - … England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Case fatality rates among African children with cerebral malaria remain in the
range of 15 to 25%. The key pathogenetic processes and causes of death are unknown, but a …

Headache disorders are third cause of disability worldwide

TJ Steiner, GL Birbeck, RH Jensen, Z Katsarava… - The journal of headache …, 2015 - Springer
From time to time, there is news that is of particular consequence to all people affected by
headache. In December 2012, Lancet published the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (…

Blantyre Malaria Project Epilepsy Study (BMPES) of neurological outcomes in retinopathy-positive paediatric cerebral malaria survivors: a prospective cohort study

GL Birbeck, ME Molyneux, PW Kaplan… - The Lancet …, 2010 - thelancet.com
Background Cerebral malaria, a disorder characterised by coma, parasitaemia, and no other
evident cause of coma, is challenging to diagnose definitively in endemic regions that have …

Diagnosis, prevalence estimation and burden measurement in population surveys of headache: presenting the HARDSHIP questionnaire

…, M Al Jumah, R Tekle-Haimanot, GL Birbeck… - The journal of headache …, 2014 - Springer
The global burden of headache is very large, but knowledge of it is far from complete and
needs still to be gathered. Published population-based studies have used variable …

The methodology of population surveys of headache prevalence, burden and cost: Principles and recommendations from the Global Campaign against Headache

LJ Stovner, M Al Jumah, GL Birbeck, G Gururaj… - The journal of headache …, 2014 - Springer
The global burden of headache is very large, but knowledge of it is far from complete and
needs still to be gathered. Published population-based studies have used variable …