Case 163: Solitary neurocysticercosis

Radiology

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 581-585

  Yeaney, Gabrielle A ^a   Kolar, Balasubramanya S ^a   Silberstein, Howard J ^a   Wang, Henry Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOVERSETAMIDE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRACHOMA;

CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77958602811     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10090856     Document Type: Article

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