The diagnosis of neurocysticercosis: A closed question?

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-2

  Machado, Luís dos Ramos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTICERCUS; CYSTICERCUS CELLULOSAE; CYSTICERCUS RACEMOSUS; EDITORIAL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOASSAY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCOLEX; TAENIA SOLIUM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAENIA;

ANIMALS; CYSTICERCUS; HUMANS; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77950395510     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2010000100001     Document Type: Editorial

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