Perilesional brain oedema and seizure activity in patients with calcified neurocysticercosis: a prospective cohort and nested case-control study

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1099-1105

  Nash, Theodore E ^a   Pretell, E Javier ^b,c   Lescano, Andres G ^d   Bustos, Javier A ^d   Gilman, Robert H ^d,e,f   Gonzalez, Armando E ^e,f,g   Garcia, Héctor H ^b,d,e,f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NEUROLÓGICAS   (Peru)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL ALBERTO SABOGAL SOLOGUREN   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Instituto Peruano de Parasitologia Clinica y Experimental   (Peru)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN EDEMA; CALCIFIED NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERILESIONAL BRAIN OEDEMA; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; SEIZURE; SYMPTOM; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; BRAIN EDEMA; CALCINOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TAENIA SOLIUM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55549147120     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70243-6     Document Type: Article

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