Neurocysticercosis as solitary parenchymal lesion confirmed by mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid sequence analysis - Case report

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-44

  Ishikawa, Eiichi ^a,b   Komatsu, Yoji ^b   Kikuchi, Kazunori ^b   Yamasaki, Hiroshi ^c   Kimura, Hiroshi ^b   Osuka, Satoru ^b   Tsurubuchi, Takao ^b   Ito, Akira ^c   Matsumura, Akira ^d  

^a IBARAKI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intracranial granuloma; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid sequence; Neurocysticercosis; Parenchymal solitary lesion

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GADOLINIUM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 33846536289     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.40     Document Type: Article

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