Neurocysticercosis in an Orthodox Jewish Community in New York City

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 327, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 692-695

  Schantz, Peter M ^a   Moore, Anne C ^a   Muñoz, José L ^b   Hartman, Barry J ^d   Schaefer, John A ^d   Aron, Alan M ^e   Persaud, Deborah ^c   Sarti, Elsa ^f   Wilson, Marianna ^a   Simpson, Joe Leigh ^c   Flisser, Ana ^g  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b New York University Medical Center ^*

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Secretariat of Health   (Mexico)

^g CMN 20 de Noviembre   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; JEW; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TAENIA SOLIUM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIET; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEWS; LATIN AMERICA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEXICO; NEW YORK CITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0026786974     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199209033271004     Document Type: Article

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