Neurocysticercosis in central Saudi Arabia

Neurosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 226-229

  Al Khuwaitir, Tarig S ^a   Al Moghairi, Abdurahman M ^a   El Zain, Fathi N ^a   Al Zayer, Wassim S ^a  

^a Riyadh Medical Complex   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELIGION; SEIZURE; SKIN BIOPSY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 23044432735     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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