PET Reveals Inflammation around Calcified Taenia solium Granulomas with Perilesional Edema

OBJECTIVE: Neurocysticercosis, an infection with the larval form of the tapeworm, Taenia solium , is the cause of 29% of epilepsy in endemic regions. Epilepsy in this population is mostly associated with calcified granulomas; at the time of seizure recurrence 50% of those with calcifications demonst...

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Autores principales: Fujita, Masahiro, Mahanty, Siddhartha, Zoghbi, Sami S., Ferraris Araneta, Maria Desiree, Hong, Jinsoo, Pike, Victor W., Innis, Robert B., Nash, Theodore E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3773048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24058514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074052

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3773048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24058514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074052

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