Edema associated with calcified lesions in neurocysticercosis

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 777-781

  Nash, Theodore E ^a   Patronas, Nicholas J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; MRI; Seizure; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 0033546948     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.4.777     Document Type: Article

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