Metabolic changes during successful medical therapy for brain hydatid cyst: case report

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-189

  Seckin, Hakan ^a   Yagmurlu, Banu ^b   Yigitkanli, Kazim ^a   Kars, H Zafer ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acetate; Albendazole; Hydatid cyst; Intracranial; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Succinate

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALANINE; ALBENDAZOLE; CHOLINE; GADOLINIUM; LACTIC ACID; SUCCINIC ACID;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; LABORATORY TEST; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIDE EFFECT;

ACETIC ACID; ALANINE; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTICESTODAL AGENTS; BRAIN; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; SUCCINIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47149090622     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.05.047     Document Type: Article

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