Human coenurosis in North America: Case reports and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 519-523

  Ing, Michael B ^a   Schantz, Peter M ^b   Turner, Jerrold A ^b  

^a Jerry L Pettis Mem Vet Aff MC   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CESTODE; COENUROSIS; CRANIOTOMY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFLAMMATION; LAMINECTOMY; MYELOGRAPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 0031709679     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514716     Document Type: Article

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