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Isolated intramedullary spinal cysticercosis in a 10-year-old female showing dramatic response with albendazole

Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic infection of the central nervous system caused by larvae of Taenia solium. Spinal cysticercosis is an uncommon site of cysticercal infection, and isolated intramedullary involvement is even rarer. We present a case of 10-year-old girl who presented wit...

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Autores principales: Azfar, Shah F., Kirmani, Sanna, Badar, Farheen, Ahmad, Ibne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3173917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21977090
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.84409