Subcutaneous and cerebral cysticercosis

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 50, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 14-17

  Uthida Tanaka, Ana Maria ^a   Sampaio, Maria Carolina A ^a   Neves Ferreira Velho, Paulo Eduardo ^a   Damasceno, Benito P ^a   Cintra, Maria Leticia ^a   De Moraes, Aparecida Machado ^a   Zanardi, Verônica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ENDOLIMAX; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NODULE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0842282626     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(03)00576-0     Document Type: Article

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