Taenia solium cysticercosis

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-119

  Garcia, Hector H ^a,b   Del Brutto, Oscar H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

^c HOSPITAL LUIS VERNAZA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; PHENYTOIN; PRAZIQUANTEL;

CESTODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIFE CYCLE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

EID: 0034021395     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(05)70220-8     Document Type: Article

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