Neurocysticercosis: A clinical and pathological study of 27 necropsied cases;Neurocisticercose: Estudo clínico e patológico de 27 casos de necrópsia

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 58, Issue 3 B, 2000, Pages 883-889

  Montemór Netto, Mário Rodrigues ^b   Gasparetto, Emerson Leandro ^b   Nercolini Faoro, Leonardo ^b   Reis Filho, Jorge Sérgio ^b   Sandrini De Toni, Guilherme ^b   De Carvalho Neto, Arnolfo ^b   Bleggi Torres, Luiz Fernando ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Autopsy; Epilepsy; Intracranial hypertension; Neurocysticercosis; Parasitosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS;

EID: 0034277489     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2000000500014     Document Type: Article

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