Intracranial hydatid cyst: Can we prevent misdiagnosis? [3]

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-286

  Erguvan Önal, Rezzan ^a   Önal, Çaǧatay ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PYRUVIC ACID;

BRAIN CYST; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; CYST FLUID; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE MARKER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRICS; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUBLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM HELMINTHIASIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 14944339677     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000154594.80323.5b     Document Type: Letter

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