Acute obstructive hydrocephalus heralding neurocysticercosis

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 451-454

  Finelli, Pasquale F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035431676     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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