Albendazole treatment of cerebral hydatid disease: Evaluation of results with CT and MRI

Neuroradiology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-39

  Kalaitzoglou, I ^a,b   Drevelengas, A ^a   Petridis, A ^a   Palladas, P ^a  

^a G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Computed tomography; Echinococcosis, brain; Hydatid disease, brain; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FOLLOW UP; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031706657     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050535     Document Type: Article

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