Intramedullary cysticercosis cured with drug treatment: A case report

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 2284-2287

  Corral, Iñigo ^a   Quereda, Carmen ^a   Moreno, Ana ^a   López Vélez, Rogelio ^a   Martínez San Millán, Juan ^a   Guerrero, Antonio ^a   Sotelo, Julio ^b  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

albendazole; neurocysticercosis; spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SPINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; CYSTICERCOSIS; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 0029801752     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199610010-00023     Document Type: Article

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