Cysticercosis as the main cause of partial seizures in children in Peru;Cisticercosis como causa principal de crisis parciales en niños en Perú

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 924-926

  Gaffo, Angelo L ^a,c   Guillen Pinto D ^b   Campos Olazabal P ^b   Burneo, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood epilepsy; Children; Cysticercosis; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTROIMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PERU; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOM;

EID: 10444270875     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3910.2004129     Document Type: Article

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