An uncommon cause of seizures in children living in developed countries: Neurocysticercosis -a case report

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Raffaldi, Irene ^a   Scolfaro, Carlo ^a   Mignone, Federica ^a   Aguzzi, Sonia ^a   Denegri, Federica ^b   Tovo, Pier Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Orthopaedics and Traumatology Hospital ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLONIC SEIZURE; CONVULSION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SPEECH DISORDER; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WESTERN BLOTTING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRONTAL LOBE;

CHILD; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SEIZURES;

EID: 79955971322     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-37-9     Document Type: Article

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