Seizure in people with newly diagnosed active or transitional neurocysticercosis

Seizure

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 119-125

  Kelvin, Elizabeth A ^a   Carpio, Arturo ^b,c   Bagiella, Emilia ^d   Leslie, Denise ^e   Leon, Pietro ^f   Andrews, Howard ^d   Hauser, W Allen ^c,d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CUENCA   (Ecuador)

^c Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e MRI Diagnostics of Westchester   (United States)

^f Instituto de Diagnóstico Por Imágenes   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Cysts; Extraparenchymal location; Neurocysticercosis; Parenchymal location; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEIZURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551597940     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.10.036     Document Type: Article

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