Unusual manifestations of neurocysticercosis in MR imaging: Analysis of 172 cases

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 3 A, 2003, Pages 533-541

  Amaral, Lázaro ^a,b   Maschietto, Murilo ^a   Maschietto, Roberta ^a   Cury, Ricardo ^a   Ferreira, Nelson Fortes ^a   Mendonça, Renato ^a   Lima, Sérgio Santos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL BENEFICÊNCIA PORTUGUESA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; MRI; Parasites; Subarachnoid space

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT FRACTURE; PARENCHYMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0042194452     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2003000400002     Document Type: Article

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