Cerebral toxocariasis: A possible cause of epileptic seizure in children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 468-472

  Bächli, Heidi ^a   Minet, Jean Claude ^b   Gratzl, Otmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain abscess; Cerebral toxocariasis; Computer assisted surgery (CAS); Epileptic seizure; Visceral larva migrans (VLM)

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; MEBENDAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; OXCARBAZEPINE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EOSINOPHILIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW LITERATURE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 4043142794     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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