Neurocysticercosis in a north Indian hospital

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-179

  Mohanty, Srujana ^a   Deb, Monorama ^a   Aggarwal, Pushpa ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEROLOGY; VISUAL DISORDER; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYSTICERCUS; HOSPITAL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTICERCUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS;

EID: 52049093454     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2007.070231     Document Type: Article

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