Heavy nonencephalitic cerebral cysticercosis in tapeworm carriers

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1582-1584

  García, Hector H ^a,b   Del Brutto, Oscar H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

^c HOSPITAL LUIS VERNAZA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Neurocysticercosis; Taenia solium; Tapeworm infection

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYSTICERCOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAPEWORM INFECTION;

EID: 0032738839     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.7.1582     Document Type: Article

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