Racemose Neurocysticercosis: A Rare Cause of Chronic Meningitis
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is the most common parasitic disease of the nervous system and is the main cause of acquired epilepsy in developing countries. Clinical manifestations result from inflammatory response to cyst degeneration, mass effect, obstruction of CSF pathway or residual scarring but are...
Main Authors: | Satish Kumar, Arindam Sharma, Sudhir Sharma, Ashok Sharma |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
2014-05-01
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Series: | Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences |
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Online Access: | http://www.ojhas.org/issue49/2014-1-8.html |
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