Diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis, revisited
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Proposed diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis.
Neurocysticercosis is the most common helminthic infection of the CNS but its diagnosis remains difficult. Clinical manifestations are nonspecific, most neuroimaging findings are not pathognomonic, and some serologic tests have low sensitivity and specificity. The authors provide diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis based on objective clinical, imaging, immunologic, and epidemiologic data...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pathogens and Global Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2047-7724,2047-7732
DOI: 10.1179/2047773212y.0000000025