Brain cysticercosis: Review and case report;Cisticercosi cerebrale: Rassegna e descrizione di un caso clinico

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 175-182

  Sabbatani, Sergio ^a   Fasulo, Giovanni ^a   Chiodo, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; PHENOBARBITAL; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; BRAIN CYSTICERCOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HELMINTH; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; ITALY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN EDEMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; ITALY; LARVA; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NIGER; TAENIA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 0842264900     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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