Alveolar echinococcosis of the brain in five patients

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1105-1109

  Takci, Erhan ^a   Sengul, Goksin ^a   Akar, Ali ^a   Uslu, Hakan ^b   Alper, Fatih ^b   Erdogan, Fazli ^b   Aydin, Ismail H ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alveolar echinococcis; Brain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ECHINOCOCCIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANTHELMINTICS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50249123089     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.09.020     Document Type: Article

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