Pleomorphism of the clinical manifestations of neurocysticercosis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 134-141

  Patel, R ^a   Jha, Sanjeev ^a   Yadav, R K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cortical blindness; Dementia; India; Kluver Bucy syndrome; Neurocysticercosis; Weber's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GLYCEROL; LEVODOPA; MANNITOL; STEROID; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DYSTONIA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; KLUVER BUCY SYNDROME; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SIDE EFFECT; TREMOR; VOMITING;

ADULT; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CHILD; DEMENTIA; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLUVER-BUCY SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 29744438772     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.06.028     Document Type: Article

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