Short Course of Prednisolone in Indian Patients with Solitary Cysticercus Granuloma and New-onset Seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1397-1401

  Mall, Ravi Kant ^a   Agarwal, Atul ^a   Garg, Ravindra Kumar ^a   Kar, Alok Mohan ^a   Shukla, Rakesh ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Cysticercus granuloma; Epilepsy; Neurocysticercosis; Neuroimaging in epilepsy; Tuberculoma

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CORTICOSTEROID; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242490857     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2003.08003.x     Document Type: Article

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