Seizure disorder mimicking an acute confusional state as clinical presentation of neurocysticercosis: Neuroimaging, EEG findings and clinical correlations

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 321-324

  Puzzanghera, R ^a   Ferrigno, P ^a   Ferrai, M R ^a   Murgia, S B ^a  

^a SAN FRANCESCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcifications; Cyst; Epilepsy; Neurocysticercosis; PLEDs; Seizure

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PARIETAL LOBE; SEIZURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACUTE DISEASE; CONFUSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS;

EID: 0035693409     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-001-8175-6     Document Type: Article

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