Seizure outcome in patients with a solitary cerebral cysticercus granuloma

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2236-2240

  Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a   Jeyaseelan, Lakshmanan ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; SEIZURE;

EID: 2942737146     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000130471.19171.D8     Document Type: Article

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