Encysted seizures: Status epilepticus in a recently resettled refugee child

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 237-

  Lucey, Juliette M ^a   McCarthy, James ^b   Burgner, David P ^a,c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE;

BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CYSTICERCUS (CESTODE LARVA); EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LETTER; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; SCOLEX; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; TAENIA SOLIUM; TREATMENT DURATION; CONGO; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; ZAMBIA;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGO; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; REFUGEES; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 77950361179     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03490.x     Document Type: Letter

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