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Epilepsy is not caused by cysticercosis in The Gambia.
OBJECTIVE To determine whether epilepsy is caused by Taenia solium cysticercosis in The Gambia. METHODS Case-control study testing samples collected from 210 people with epilepsy and 420 matched controls by sex and age +/-5 years from 69 different places around the country during the period October 2008-March 2009. All serum samples were subjected to an antigen detection ELISA (Ag-ELISA) and ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1941
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.2.4207.263