A Trial of Antiparasitic Treatment to Reduce the Rate of Seizures Due to Cerebral Cysticercosis

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Authors

Héctor H. Garcı́a · Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

E. Javier Pretell · Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Robert H. Gilman · Johns Hopkins University

Santiago Martínez · Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Lawrence H. Moulton · Johns Hopkins University

Óscar H. Del Brutto

Genaro Herrera · Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Abstract

In patients with seizures due to viable parenchymal cysts, antiparasitic therapy decreases the burden of parasites and is safe and effective, at least in reducing the number of seizures with generalization.

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Parasitic infections in humans and animals Parasites and Host Interactions Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

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Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 350, Issue 3, pp. 249-258

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa031294

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A Trial of Antiparasitic Treatment to Reduce the Rate of Seizures Due to Cerebral Cysticercosis

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