Growing frequency of neurocysticercosis in Madrid (Spain)

Neurologia

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 116-120

  Esquivel, A ^a   Diaz Otero F ^a   Giménez Roldán, Santiago ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Immigration; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MIGRATION; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; SEIZURE; SPAIN; TAENIA SOLIUM; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SPAIN; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 17844403759     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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