A longitudinal study of neurocysticercosis through CT scan of the brain

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 206-208

  Chakraborty, Abhiram ^a   Panja, Saikat ^b   Bhattacharjee, Indranil ^c   Chandra, Goutam ^c   Hati, Amiyakumar ^a  

^a CALCUTTA SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (India)

^b MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

Convulsion; CT scan; Cysticercosis; Diagnosis; Headache; Health concern; Longitudinal study; MRI; Neurocysticercosis; Parasitic infection; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLURRED SPEECH; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VEGETARIAN; WEAKNESS;

EID: 84856894781     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(11)60029-7     Document Type: Article

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