What triggers seizures in neurocysticercosis? A MRI-based study in pig farming community from a district of North India

Parasitology International

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-171

  Prasad, Amit ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a   Pradhan, Sunil ^a   Tripathi, Mukesh ^a   Pandey, Chandra M ^a   Prasad, Kashi N ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurocysticercosis (NCC); Seizures; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIG FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEIZURES; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

SUIDAE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 40849146976     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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