Neurocysticercosis in children: Clinical characteristics and outcome

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 333-339

  Talukdar, Bibek ^a   Saxena, Anurag ^a   Popli, Vineet Kumar ^a   Choudhury, Veena ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

NEUROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICESTODAL AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036932643     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249302125001994     Document Type: Article

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