Fourth ventricle computed tomography indexes: Standardisation and characteristics in neurocysticercosis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 60, Issue 2 A, 2002, Pages 211-218

  Agapejev, Svetlana ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Fourth ventricle; Indexes; Neurocysticercosis; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036598586     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2002000200005     Document Type: Article

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