Temporal lobe epilepsy caused by intrahippocampal calcified cysticercus : A case report

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 445-448

  Chung, Chun Kee ^a,b   Lee, Sang Kun ^a   Chi, Je G ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Epilepsy; Hippocampus; Taenia solium; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALCINOSIS; CASE REPORT; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; GENERAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ANIMALS; CALCINOSIS; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032130686     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.1998.13.4.445     Document Type: Article

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