Association between epilepsy and cysticercosis and toxocariasis: A population-based case-control study in a slum in India

Epilepsia

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2203-2208

  Singh, Gagandeep ^a,b   Bawa, Jasleena ^a   Chinna, Deepinder ^a   Chaudhary, Anurag ^a   Saggar, Kavita ^a   Modi, Manish ^c   Sander, Josemir W ^b,d,e  

^a DAYANAND MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^e STICHTING EPILEPSIE INSTELLINGEN NEDERLAND SEIN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case control; Enzyme linked immunoelectrotransfer blot; Epilepsy; Taenia solium; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAENIA SOLIUM; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CYSTICERCOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 84870579293     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/epi.12005     Document Type: Article

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