Co-existence of cerebral cysticercosis with Japanese encephalitis: A prognostic modulator

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-171

  Desai, A ^a   Shankar, S K ^a   Jayakumar, P N ^a   Chandramuki, A ^a   Gourie Devi, M ^a   Ravikumar, B V ^b,c   Ravi, V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b Astra Research Centre India   (India)

^c XCyton Diagnostics Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTICERCOSIS; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030935550     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268896007327     Document Type: Article

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