Cestode parasitic infestation: Intracranial and spinal hydatid disease - A ciinicopathological study of 29 cases from South India

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 98-104

  Rumana, M ^a   Mahadevan, A ^a   Khurshid, M Nayil ^a   Kovoor, J M E ^a   Yasha, T C ^a   Santosh, V ^a   Indira, B ^a   Shankar, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cestode parasitic infestation; Echinococcus; Hydatid cyst; Intracranial hydatidosis spinal; Multiloculated cysts; Multiple spinal cysts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN CYST; CESTODIASIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDATID CYST; INDIA; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD CYST; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TUBERCULOSIS; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PARASITIC INFECTIONS; CESTODA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 33644993075     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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