Intermittent symptoms in neurocysticercosis: Could they be epileptic?

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 260-266

  Pradhan, Sunil ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Gupta, R K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Gliosis; Granuloma; Headache; Neurocysticercosis; Seizures; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; PHENYTOIN; TOPIRAMATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; TAENIA SOLIUM; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0038364025     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2003.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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