 Cysticercosis
"Cysticercosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Infection with CYSTICERCUS, the larval form of the various tapeworms of the genus Taenia (usually T. solium in man). In humans they penetrate the intestinal wall and invade subcutaneous tissue, brain, eye, muscle, heart, liver, lung, and peritoneum. Brain involvement results in NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS.
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D003551
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.335.190.902.185
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cysticercosis" by people in Profiles.
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Franco-Paredes C, Rouphael N, M?ndez J, Folch E, Rodr?guez-Morales AJ, Santos JI, Hurst JW. Cardiac manifestations of parasitic infections part 3: pericardial and miscellaneous cardiopulmonary manifestations. Clin Cardiol. 2007 Jun; 30(6):277-80.
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Goodman KA, Ballagh SA, Carpio A. Case-control study of seropositivity for cysticercosis in Cuenca, Ecuador. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1999 Jan; 60(1):70-4.
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Levy AS, Lillehei KO, Rubinstein D, Stears JC. Subarachnoid neurocysticercosis with occlusion of the major intracranial arteries: case report. Neurosurgery. 1995 Jan; 36(1):183-8; discussion 188.
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Earnest MP, Reller LB, Filley CM, Grek AJ. Neurocysticercosis in the United States: 35 cases and a review. Rev Infect Dis. 1987 Sep-Oct; 9(5):961-79.
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Moskalenko-Sadovnikova LG, Lange E, Heidel G. [Contribution on the clinical aspects and pathology of cerebral cysticercosis]. Psychiatr Clin (Basel). 1969; 2(4):212-31.
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