High prevalence of serological markers of cysticercosis among epileptic Malagasy children

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 185-191

  Grill, J ^b,c   Rakotomalala, W ^b   Andriantsimahavandy, A ^a   Boisier, P ^a   Guyon, P ^b   Roux, J ^a   Esterre, P ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MADAGASCAR   (Madagascar)

^b Soavinandriana Hospital   (Madagascar)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ARTICLE; CESTODIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0029820865     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724936.1996.11747824     Document Type: Article

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