Neurocysticercosis, a persisting health problem in Mexico

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Fleury, Agnès ^a,b   García, Jael Moreno ^a   Aguerrebere, Paulina Valdez ^a   de Sayve Durán, María ^a   Rodríguez, Paola Becerril ^a   Larralde, Carlos ^b   Sciutto, Edda ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEXICO; MORTALITY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; INCIDENCE; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEXICO; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS;

EID: 78149260576     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000805     Document Type: Article

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