Perilesional Inflammation in Neurocysticercosis - Relationship Between Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Evans Blue Staining and Histopathology in the Pig Model.

• Hoofdauteurs: Carla Cangalaya (Auteur), Javier A Bustos (Auteur), Juan Calcina (Auteur), Ana Vargas-Calla (Auteur), Diego Suarez (Auteur), Armando E Gonzalez (Auteur), Juan Chacaltana (Auteur), Cristina Guerra-Giraldez (Auteur), Siddhartha Mahanty (Auteur), Theodore E Nash (Auteur), Hector H García (Auteur), Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Disease manifestations in neurocysticercosis (NCC) are frequently due to inflammation of degenerating Taenia solium brain cysts. Exacerbated inflammation post anthelmintic treatment is associated with leakage of the blood brain barrier (BBB) using Evans blue (EB) staining. How well EB ext...