Clinical tomographic correlations of 220 patients with neurocisticercosis, Bahia, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 114-117

  Andrade Filho, Antônio de Souza ^a   da Figuerôa, Luiz Frederico ^b   Andrade Souza, Victor Mascarenhas ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Foundation of Neurology and Neurosurgery   (Brazil)

^c EMSP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical; Computadorized tomography; Epidemiology; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34347407646     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702007000100025     Document Type: Article

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