Neurocysticercosis in children

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 537-545

  Singhi, Pratibha ^a   Singhi, Sunit ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cysts; Diagnosis; Management; Neurocysticercosis (NCC); Seizures

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL;

BRAIN EDEMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTICERCUS (CESTODE LARVA); HUMAN; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66649119726     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-009-0139-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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