Cysticercosis in the elderly

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 330-333

  Cavellani, Camila Lourencini ^a   Faleiros, Ana Carolina Guimarães ^b   Lino Jr , Ruy de Souza ^c   dos Reis, Marlene Antônia ^b   Teixeira, Vicente de Paula Antunes ^b  

^a Triângulo Mineiro Federal University   (Brazil)

^b Triangulo Mineiro Federal University   (Brazil)

^c Goias Federal University

Author keywords

Aging; Cysticercosis; Elderly; Neoplasia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CYSTICERCOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; VESICULAR RASH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUTOPSY; BRAZIL; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548507712     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2006.12.008     Document Type: Article

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