Research priorities in epilepsy for the Asia-Oceanian region

Patrick Kwan, Leonor Cabral-Lim, Wendyl D'Souza, Satish Jain, Byung-In Lee, Weiping Liao, Shih-Hui Lim, Taisuke Otsuki, Chong-Tin Tan, Masako Wantanabe, for the CAOA Research Task Force

Epilepsia Article first published online: 30 MAR 2015 DOI: 10.1111/epi.12957

Although there has been substantial economic development and improvement in health services in recent years in the Asia-Oceanian region, epilepsy remains generally an underrecognized and understudied condition. To help promote research in the region, the Commission on Asian and Oceanian Affairs (CAOA) of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) appointed the Research Task Force (RTF) to facilitate the development of research priorities for the region. More...