Neurocysticercosis: A clinical and radiological appraisal from Kerala State, South India

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 297-303

  Kuruvilla, A ^a   Pandian, J D ^a   Nair, M ^a   Radhakrishnan, V V ^b   Joseph, S ^b  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Department of Neuropathology ^*

Author keywords

Epilepsy; India; Kerala; Neurocysticercosis; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035405103     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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