Neurocysticercosis a public health problem

Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic disease of the central nervous system that constitutes a public health problem in endemic regions. Here, we present a patient with epilepsy and cognitive impairment due to neurocysticercosis. A public health intervention could eradicate this disease in endemic regio...

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Autores principales: Jácome Sánchez, Elisa Carolina, Correa Díaz, Edgar Patricio, Martinez Burbano, Braulio, Ortiz Yépez, María Angélica, García Castillo, María Ariana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5378834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28396789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.873
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author Jácome Sánchez, Elisa Carolina
Correa Díaz, Edgar Patricio
Martinez Burbano, Braulio
Ortiz Yépez, María Angélica
García Castillo, María Ariana
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description Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic disease of the central nervous system that constitutes a public health problem in endemic regions. Here, we present a patient with epilepsy and cognitive impairment due to neurocysticercosis. A public health intervention could eradicate this disease in endemic regions such as Ecuador.
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spelling pubmed-53788342017-04-10 Neurocysticercosis a public health problem Jácome Sánchez, Elisa Carolina Correa Díaz, Edgar Patricio Martinez Burbano, Braulio Ortiz Yépez, María Angélica García Castillo, María Ariana Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic disease of the central nervous system that constitutes a public health problem in endemic regions. Here, we present a patient with epilepsy and cognitive impairment due to neurocysticercosis. A public health intervention could eradicate this disease in endemic regions such as Ecuador. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5378834/ /pubmed/28396789 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.873 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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