Role of antiparasitic therapy for seizures and resolution of lesions in neurocysticercosis patients: An 8 year randomised study

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1172-1177

  Das, Kamalesh ^a   Mondal, Gouranga Prasad ^a   Banerjee, Mousumi ^a   Mukherjee, Bansi Badan ^a   Singh, Om Prakash ^a  

^a BURDWAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; DEXAMETHASONE; PHENYTOIN; PLACEBO; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; SENSORY SYSTEM; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VOMITING;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36048962061     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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