Seizure recurrence in patients with solitary cystic granuloma or single parenchymal cerebral calcification: A comparative evaluation

Seizure

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 840-845

  Sharma, Laxmi Narayan ^a   Garg, Ravindra Kumar ^a   Verma, Rajesh ^a   Singh, Maneesh Kumar ^a   Malhotra, Hardeep Singh ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Cysticercosis; Epilepsy; Neurocysticercosis

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; OXCARBAZEPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SINGLE PARENCHYMAL CEREBRAL CALCIFICATION; SOLITARY CYSTIC GRANULOMA;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTICERCOSIS; EPILEPSY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES;

EID: 84888013371     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: 15322688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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