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Intramedullary spinal cord neurocysticercosis presenting as Brown-Séquard syndrome

BACKGROUND: Cysticercosis is a parasitic disease caused by the larval stage of Taenia Solium. Involvement of the central nervous system by this tapeworm is endemic in developing countries. However, isolated spinal involvement by Taenia Solium is uncommon and having clinical presentation of Brown-Séq...

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Autores principales: Salazar Noguera, Elda M, Pineda Sic, Rita, Escoto Solis, Fernando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4320533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25595849
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-014-0245-5