Cysticercosis and epilepsy in the city of Tone, Togo;Cysticercose et epilepsie au nord du Togo dans le Tone

Revue Neurologique

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 270-273

  Balogou, A A K ^b   Grunitzky, K E ^b   Beketi, K A ^b   Bouteille, B ^a   Dumas, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEROPREVALENCE; TOGO; ADULT; ANIMAL; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; TAENIASIS;

HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTICERCOSIS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TAENIASIS; TOGO;

EID: 0034154151     PISSN: 00353787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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