What causes seizures in patients with calcified neurocysticercal lesions?

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 612-613

  Rathore, Chaturbhuj ^a   Radhakrishnan, Kurupath ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; EDITORIAL; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HUMAN; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE;

EID: 84858185235     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318248df75     Document Type: Editorial

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