The causal relationship between neurocysticercosis infection and the development of epilepsy - a systematic review

• Main Authors: Lucy B. Gripper (Author), Susan C. Welburn (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Abstract Background Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a parasitic infection of the human central nervous system, the most common form of which involves infection of the brain parenchyma with the larval form of the Taenia solium tapeworm. A causal relationship between such an NCC infection and the developm...