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The challenge of managing headache disorders in a tertiary referral neurology clinic in Rwanda

Célestin Kaputu-Kalala-Malu, Timothy D. Walker, Olga Ntumba-Tshitenge, Eric M. Mafuta, Pierrot L. Tugirimana and Jean P. Misson
Neurosciences Journal April 2016, 21 (2) 151-157; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2016.2.20150640
Célestin Kaputu-Kalala-Malu
From the Neurology Service (Kaputu-Kalala-Malu, Walker), Department of Internal Medicine, the department of Pediatrics (Ntumba-Tshitenge), Butare University Teaching Hospital, Huye, the Department of Internal Medicine (Tugirimana), Kigali University Teaching Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda, the Child Neurology (Kaputu-Kalala-Malu), Department of Neurology, Centre Neuropsychopathologique Hospital, the school of Public Health (Mafuta), Kinshasa University Teaching Hospital, Kinshasa, Republic democratic of Congo, and the service of Paediatrics and Child Neurology (Misson), CHR Citadelle Hospital and CHU Sart Tilmam, University Hospital, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Timothy D. Walker
From the Neurology Service (Kaputu-Kalala-Malu, Walker), Department of Internal Medicine, the department of Pediatrics (Ntumba-Tshitenge), Butare University Teaching Hospital, Huye, the Department of Internal Medicine (Tugirimana), Kigali University Teaching Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda, the Child Neurology (Kaputu-Kalala-Malu), Department of Neurology, Centre Neuropsychopathologique Hospital, the school of Public Health (Mafuta), Kinshasa University Teaching Hospital, Kinshasa, Republic democratic of Congo, and the service of Paediatrics and Child Neurology (Misson), CHR Citadelle Hospital and CHU Sart Tilmam, University Hospital, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Olga Ntumba-Tshitenge
From the Neurology Service (Kaputu-Kalala-Malu, Walker), Department of Internal Medicine, the department of Pediatrics (Ntumba-Tshitenge), Butare University Teaching Hospital, Huye, the Department of Internal Medicine (Tugirimana), Kigali University Teaching Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda, the Child Neurology (Kaputu-Kalala-Malu), Department of Neurology, Centre Neuropsychopathologique Hospital, the school of Public Health (Mafuta), Kinshasa University Teaching Hospital, Kinshasa, Republic democratic of Congo, and the service of Paediatrics and Child Neurology (Misson), CHR Citadelle Hospital and CHU Sart Tilmam, University Hospital, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Eric M. Mafuta
From the Neurology Service (Kaputu-Kalala-Malu, Walker), Department of Internal Medicine, the department of Pediatrics (Ntumba-Tshitenge), Butare University Teaching Hospital, Huye, the Department of Internal Medicine (Tugirimana), Kigali University Teaching Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda, the Child Neurology (Kaputu-Kalala-Malu), Department of Neurology, Centre Neuropsychopathologique Hospital, the school of Public Health (Mafuta), Kinshasa University Teaching Hospital, Kinshasa, Republic democratic of Congo, and the service of Paediatrics and Child Neurology (Misson), CHR Citadelle Hospital and CHU Sart Tilmam, University Hospital, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Pierrot L. Tugirimana
From the Neurology Service (Kaputu-Kalala-Malu, Walker), Department of Internal Medicine, the department of Pediatrics (Ntumba-Tshitenge), Butare University Teaching Hospital, Huye, the Department of Internal Medicine (Tugirimana), Kigali University Teaching Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda, the Child Neurology (Kaputu-Kalala-Malu), Department of Neurology, Centre Neuropsychopathologique Hospital, the school of Public Health (Mafuta), Kinshasa University Teaching Hospital, Kinshasa, Republic democratic of Congo, and the service of Paediatrics and Child Neurology (Misson), CHR Citadelle Hospital and CHU Sart Tilmam, University Hospital, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Jean P. Misson
From the Neurology Service (Kaputu-Kalala-Malu, Walker), Department of Internal Medicine, the department of Pediatrics (Ntumba-Tshitenge), Butare University Teaching Hospital, Huye, the Department of Internal Medicine (Tugirimana), Kigali University Teaching Hospital, Kigali, Rwanda, the Child Neurology (Kaputu-Kalala-Malu), Department of Neurology, Centre Neuropsychopathologique Hospital, the school of Public Health (Mafuta), Kinshasa University Teaching Hospital, Kinshasa, Republic democratic of Congo, and the service of Paediatrics and Child Neurology (Misson), CHR Citadelle Hospital and CHU Sart Tilmam, University Hospital, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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