Do helminths cause epilepsy? the case of onchocerca volvulus

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-80

  Kaiser, C ^a   Pion, S ^b   Boussinesq, M ^b  

^a Primary Health Care   (Uganda)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS;

ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; VERMES;

EID: 72349091635     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2009.01170.x     Document Type: Letter

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