Neurocysticercosis: An unusual cause of seizure in the New Zealand setting

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Pybus, Megan ^a   Heron, Peter ^a  

^a WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

anthelmintics; cysticides; neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; PHENYTOIN; PRAZIQUANTEL; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED TONIC SEIZURE; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEW ZEALAND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; TAENIA SOLIUM; TONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOMA;

ANTHELMINTICS; CHILD; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PRAZIQUANTEL; SEIZURES;

EID: 81155125446     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2010.01971.x     Document Type: Article

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