Neurocysticercosis - Case Report and Literature Review

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 297-299

  Wong, A S C ^a   Ho, K H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic therapy; Cerebral calcifications; Epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTHELMINTICS; BRAIN DISEASES; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031179425     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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