Neurocysticercosis in infants and toddlers: Report of seven cases and review of published patients

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 432-435

  Del Brutto, Oscar H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ESPÍRITU SANTO   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CYSTICERCUS (CESTODE LARVA); DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAENIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84877704634     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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