Diagnosis of atypical neurocysticercosis by polymerase chain reaction analysis: Case report

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1331-1332

  Meri, Taru ^a,b   Jokiranta, Sakari ^a   Granat, Simo ^a   Collander, Fredrika ^a   Valtonen, Matti ^a   Meri, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; DEXAMETHASONE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0032979790     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517790     Document Type: Article

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