Risk of seizures and neurocysticercosis in household family contacts of children with single enhancing lesions

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 131-135

  Singh, Gagandeep ^a   Ram, S ^a   Kaushal, V ^a   Kumar, Sheel ^a   Bhatia, R C ^a   Raizada, N ^a   Kaushal, R K ^a  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Electro immuno transfer blot; Family studies; Neurocysticercosis; Seizures; Single enhancing lesions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTICERCOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TAENIA; TAENIASIS;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0034659130     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(00)00341-5     Document Type: Article

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