New diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis: Reliability and validity
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New diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis: Reliability and validity
OBJECTIVE The diagnosis of neurocysticercosis (NCC) remains problematic because of the heterogeneity of its clinical, immunological, and imaging characteristics. Our aim was to develop and assess a new set of diagnostic criteria for NCC, which might allow for the accurate detection of, and differentiation between, parenchymal and extraparenchymal disease. METHODS A group of Latin American NCC...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Neurology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0364-5134,1531-8249
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24732