Cerebral sparganosis: A diagnostic challenge

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 784-786

  Rengarajan, S ^a   Nanjegowda, N ^a   Bhat, D ^a   Mahadevan, A ^a   Sampath, S ^a   Krishna, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebral sparganosis; Parasitic neuroinfection; Sparganosis; Sparganum mansoni

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRACRANIAL TUBERCULOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPARGANOSIS; SPARGANUM; SPIROMETRA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; SPARGANOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOMA, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 57649136417     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: 1360046X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690802088073     Document Type: Article

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