Neurocysticercosis. Review of the literature and long term follow up of two distinct germany cases;Neurozystizerkose: Aktuelle literaturubersicht anhand einer langzeitbeobachtung zweier klinisch distinkter deutscher erkankungsfalle

Nervenarzt

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 298-305

  Wiegand, F ^a   Koeppen, S ^a   Haussermann P ^a   Delcker, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Albendazol; Cysticercus racemosus; Praziquantel; Scolex; Three dimensional (3D) ultrasound

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENCEPHALITIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; REVIEW; SCOLEX; TAENIA SOLIUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CYSTICERCOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE;

BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYSTICERCOSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRAZIQUANTEL; RECURRENCE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0032939669     PISSN: 00282804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001150050440     Document Type: Review

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