Helminthic parasites and seizures

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL.6, 2008, Pages 25-32

  Garcia, Hector H ^a,b   Modi, Manish ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Helminths; Neurocysticercosis; Schistosomiasis; Seizures; Sparganosis; Toxocariasis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

BRAIN CYSTICERCOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CESTODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMIGRANT; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LIFE CYCLE; MIXED INFECTION; NEMATODE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; SPARGANUM; SPIROMETRA; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOURISM; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; TREMATODE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

HELMINTHIASIS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEIZURES; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 50249095725     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01753.x     Document Type: Review

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