Symptomatic human neurocysticercosis: Age, sex and exposure factors relating with disease heterogeneity

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 830-837

  Fleury, Agnès ^a,d   Dessein, Alain ^b   Preux, Pierre Marie ^d   Dumas, Michel ^d   Tapia, Graciela ^e   Larralde, Carlos ^c,f   Sciutto, Edda ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE CIENCIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Neurocysticercosis; Parasite; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTICERCUS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SEIZURE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CAUSALITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENCEPHALITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 3442894486     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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