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Seizures Related to Neurocysticercosis and Cocaine Use

Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is an infection of the central nervous system with Taenia solium cysts that most commonly results in seizures. In stable patients without recent symptoms, these seizures may be provoked by seizure threshold-lowering drugs such as cocaine. This case details a 38-year-old male...

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Autores principales: Daines, Benjamin S, Holder, Katherine G, Mohanakrishnan, Balaji, Walker, James W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8942180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35345733
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22488