Neurocysticercosis, mesial temporal lobe epilepsy, and hippocampal sclerosis: An association largely ignored

Lancet Neurology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-21

  Bianchin, Marino M ^a,b   Velasco, Tonicarlo R ^b   Takayanagui, Osvaldo M ^b   Sakamoto, Américo C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCUS; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SHORT SURVEY; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 29044437818     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(05)70269-6     Document Type: Letter

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