Solitary cysticercus granuloma of the brainstem

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1047-1051

  Lath, Rahul ^a   Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Brainstem lesion; Neurocysticercosis; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CARBAMAZEPINE; GADOLINIUM; STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031785286     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.89.6.1047     Document Type: Article

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