Heart involvement in disseminated cysticercosis: A case report and review of literature

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-262

  Bhalla, Ashish ^a   Sood, Ashwani ^b   Sachdev, Atul ^b  

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

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Bundle branch block; Cysticercosis; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; SEIZURE; SKIN BIOPSY;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; BUNDLE-BRANCH BLOCK; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 57349165756     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: 00194832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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