Prevalence of neurocysticercosis among epileptic in-patients in the west of Santa Catarina - Southern Brazil;Neurocisticercose em pacientes internados por epilepsia no hospital regional de chapecó região oeste do estado de Santa Catarina

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-58

  Trevisol Bittencourt, Paulo Cesar ^a   Da Silva, Nonohai Cunha ^b   Figueredo, Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Neurocysticercosis; Swine farming

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTICERCOSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTICERCOSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032011671     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x1998000100008     Document Type: Article

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