New solitary cysticercus granulomas causing recurrent symptoms in patients with resolved solitary granulomas

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 265-267

  Kumar, G Samson Sujit ^a   Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Epilepsy; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTICERCUS; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ANIMAL; BRAIN DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTICERCUS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 4344700370     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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