Multilevel Intramedullary Spinal Neurocysticercosis with Eosinophilic Meningitis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 770-772

  Torabi, Amir M ^a   Quiceno, Mary ^a   Mendelsohn, Dianne B ^a   Powell, Craig M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 2442455813     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.5.770     Document Type: Article

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