Neurocysticercosis causing sudden death

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-119

  Holmes, Natasha E ^a   Iles, Linda E ^b   Danks, R Andrew ^c   Korman, Tony M ^a,c  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neurocysticercosis; Sudden death; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLASMA CELL; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; ARACHNOIDITIS; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEATH, SUDDEN; EOSINOPHILS; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HISTIOCYTES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUTROPHILS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PLASMA CELLS; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77953147766     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e3181cfc8a3     Document Type: Article

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