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Medical treatment of an unusual cerebral hydatid disease
BACKGROUND: Hydatid disease is a worldwide zoonosis produced by the larval stage of cestodes of the Echinococcus genus. Hydatid disease primarily involves the liver and lungs. The brain is involved in less than 2% of cases. Surgery has long been the only choice for the treatment, but chemotherapy ha...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5756415/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29304756 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2935-2 |