Seizure in people with newly diagnosed active or transitional neurocysticercosis
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Seizure in people with newly diagnosed active or transitional neurocysticercosis
PURPOSE The aim of this study is to describe seizure as a presenting symptom in individuals with recently diagnosed neurocysticercosis (NCC). METHODS Using logistic regression, we examined the probability of having seizures as a presenting symptom among those with active or transitional NCC by host age and gender, and by number of cysts, location of the cysts in the brain, and phase of evolut...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.10.036