Correlation of Electroencephalography and the Active and Inactive Forms of Neurocysticercosis

Clinical EEG and Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-11

  Chayasirisobhon, Sirichai ^a   Menoni, Rosalinda ^a   Chayasirisobhon, Wuttichai ^b   Locke, George E ^a  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Neurocysticercosis; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CYSTICERCUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032984424     PISSN: 15500594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/155005949903000106     Document Type: Article

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