Cerebral cysticercosis in Campina Grande, Paraíba - Northern Brazil: Computerized tomography diagnosis importance

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 94-97

  Gonçalves Coêlho, Thiago D ^a,b,c   Coêlho, Matheus Diniz G ^a,b  

^a Hospital Pedro I   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^c Federal University of Paraíba ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central nervous system infection; Computed tomography; Cysticercosis; Epidemiology; Neurocysticercosis; Radiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAZIL; CYSTICERCOSIS; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BRAIN DISEASES; BRAZIL; CYSTICERCOSIS; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030102699     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X1996000100015     Document Type: Article

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