Neurocysticercosis in a Chicago immigrant community: Twenty-two cases and a review of the literature

Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 193-201

  Levy, Vivian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033917081     PISSN: 10569103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019048-200009050-00004     Document Type: Short Survey

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