Number and viability of parasite influence seizure frequency in children with neurocysticercosis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 909-911

  Ferreira, Lisiane S ^a   Li, Li Min ^a   Zanardi, Verônica A ^a   Guerreiro, Marilisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epilepsy; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FOLLOW UP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURES; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036897979     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2002000600004     Document Type: Article

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