Epilepsy and neurocysticercosis in a village in Huaraz, Peru

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 225-228

  Garcia, Hector H ^a,b   Talley, Angela ^c   Gilman, Robert H ^a,d,e   Zorrilla, Loel ^f   Pretell, Javier ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^e Sch Hyg Pub Hlth Johns H ^*  (United States)

^f Hospital de Apoyo Huari   (Peru)

Author keywords

CT Scan; Cysticercosis; EITB; Epidemiology; Epilepsy; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PERU; SEIZURE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PERU; SEIZURES; TAENIA;

EID: 0032699811     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(99)00043-8     Document Type: Article

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