Low frequency of neurocysticercosis in patients with epilepsy and seizure disorders in the Niagara Region, Canada: A retrospective study

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 179-180

  Sanchez, Ana L ^a   Simone, Bonnie ^a   Yarascavitch, Marc E ^a   Goswami, Ruma ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPILEPSY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 3543023329     PISSN: 11802332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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