Neurocysticercosis among children in Chicago

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 262-268

  Rosenfeld, Elaine A ^a,b   Byrd, Sharon E ^a   Shulman, Stanford T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lutheran General Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029790353     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.2.262     Document Type: Article

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