Diagnosis of human neurocysticerocosis in endemic countries: A clinical study in Honduras

Parasitology International

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-89

  Sanchez, Ana L ^a   Ljungström, Inger ^b   Medina, Marco T ^a  

^a NATIONAL AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF HONDURAS   (Honduras)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Enzyme Linked Immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay; Epilepsy; Honduras; Neurocysticercosis; Prevalence; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTICERCUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HONDURAS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TAENIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033103607     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5769(99)00007-0     Document Type: Article

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