Spinal intramedullary cysticercosis: A case report and literature review

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 420-423

  Qi, Bin ^a   Ge, Pengfei ^a   Yang, Hongfa ^a   Bi, Chunhua ^a   Li, Yiping ^a  

^a THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cysticercosis; Intramedullary; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LAMINECTOMY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84860392104     PISSN: 14491907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.8.420     Document Type: Review

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