Three day albendazole therapy in patients with a solitary cysticercus granuloma: A randomized double blind placebo controlled study

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 517-525

  Chaurasia, Rameshwar Nath ^a   Garg, Ravindra Kumar ^a   Agarwal, Atul ^a   Kohli, Neera ^b   Verma, Rajesh ^a   Singh, Maneesh Kumar ^a   Shukla, Rakesh ^a  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Antiepileptic drug; Neurocysticercosis; Solitary cysticercus granuloma

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICESTODAL AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICESTODAL AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77954714043     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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