Imaging of Neurocysticercosis

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 659-676

  Lerner, Alexander ^a   Shiroishi, Mark S ^a   Zee, Chi Shing ^a   Law, Meng ^a   Go, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PRAZIQUANTEL;

BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CISTERNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; SWINE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PROGNOSIS; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868218426     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: 15579867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2012.05.004     Document Type: Review

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