Bruns' syndrome: Description of a case of neurocysticercosis with pathological study;Síndrome de Bruns: Descripción de un caso de neurocisticercosis con estudio anatomopatológico

Neurologia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 86-89

  Jiménez Caballero, Pedro Enrique ^a,b   Mollejo Villanueva, M ^a   Marsal Alonso, C ^a   Alvarez Tejerina A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Albendazol; Bruns' syndrome; Cysticercosis; Endoscopy; Ventricular cysts

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; BRUNS SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ECUADOR; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TAENIA SOLIUM; VERTIGO; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; ARACHNOID CYSTS; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SPAIN; SYNDROME; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 17144402171     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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