A review of cases of human cysticercosis in Canada

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 319-322

  Del Brutto, Oscar H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICA KENNEDY   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT REPORT; ADULT; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN CYST; CANADA; CITIZENSHIP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TAENIA;

EID: 84860477759     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0317167100013445     Document Type: Review

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