Epilepsy and toxocariasis: A case-control study in Italy

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 594-599

  Nicoletti, Alessandra ^a   Sofia, Vito ^a   Mantella, Antonia ^b   Vitale, Giuseppina ^a   Contrafatto, Donatella ^a   Sorbello, Veronica ^a   Biondi, Roberto ^a   Preux, Pierre Marie ^c   Garcia, Hector Hugo ^d,e   Zappia, Mario ^a   Bartoloni, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LIMOGES   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e Instituto Peruano de Parasitologia Clinica y Experimental   (Peru)

Author keywords

Case control study; Epilepsy; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEROLOGY; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DOGS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITALY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 43349098928     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01432.x     Document Type: Article

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