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      Neurocysticercosis a public health problem

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          Neurocysticercosis is a parasitic disease of the central nervous system that constitutes a public health problem in endemic regions. Here, we present a patient with epilepsy and cognitive impairment due to neurocysticercosis. A public health intervention could eradicate this disease in endemic regions such as Ecuador.

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          Clinical symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of neurocysticercosis.

          Hector H. Garcia, Theodore Nash, Oscar Del Brutto (2014)
          The infection of the nervous system by the cystic larvae of Taenia solium (neurocysticercosis) is a frequent cause of seizure disorders. Neurocysticercosis is endemic or presumed to be endemic in many low-income countries. The lifecycle of the worm and the clinical manifestations of neurocysticercosis are well established, and CT and MRI have substantially improved knowledge of the disease course. Improvements in immunodiagnosis have further advanced comprehension of the pathophysiology of this disease. This knowledge has led to individualised treatment approaches that account for the involvement of parenchymal or extraparenchymal spaces, the number and form of parasites, and the extent of degeneration and associated inflammation. Clinical investigations are focused on development of effective treatments and reduction of side-effects induced by treatment, such as seizures, hydrocephalus, infarcts, and neuroinjury.
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            Antiepileptic drug therapy and recommendations for withdrawal in patients with seizures and epilepsy due to neurocysticercosis.

            Javier A. Bustos, Hector H. Garcia, Oscar Del Brutto (2016)
            Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is a leading causes of secondary epilepsy worldwide. There is increasing evidence on the epileptogenic role of NCC, and the presence of edema, calcified scars, gliosis and hippocampal sclerosis support this phenomenon.
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              Cysticercosis of the human nervous system

              O. BRUTTO, H Garcia-Schuler (2014)
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                Edgar Patricio Correa Díaz:
                ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6363-8886
                patocorrea2010@yahoo.com
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Clin Case Rep
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Clin Case Rep
                Journal ID (doi): 10.1002/(ISSN)2050-0904
                Journal ID (publisher-id): CCR3
                Title: Clinical Case Reports
                Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc. (Hoboken )
                ISSN (Electronic): 2050-0904
                Publication date (Electronic): 02 March 2017
                Publication date Collection: April 2017
                Volume: 5
                Issue: 4 ( doiID: 10.1002/ccr3.2017.5.issue-4 )
                Pages: 543-544
                Affiliations
                [ 1 ] Department of Neurology at Carlos Andrade Marin HospitalAvenida Ayacucho y 18 de Septiembre QuitoEcuador
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                [*] [* ] Correspondence

                Edgar Patricio Correa Díaz, Department of Neurology at Carlos Andrade Marin Hospital, Avenida Ayacucho y 18 de Septiembre, Quito 170411, Ecuador. Tel: +593 99 679 4692; E‐mail: patocorrea2010@ 123456yahoo.com

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                http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6363-8886
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                Publisher ID: CCR3873
                DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.873
                PMC ID: 5378834
                SO-VID: 614c15de-6cd4-4771-ac51-c7790e62673b
                Copyright © © 2017 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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                This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.

                History
                Date received : 31 August 2016
                Date revision received : 22 January 2017
                Date accepted : 31 January 2017
                Page count
                Figures: 1, Tables: 0, Pages: 2, Words: 640
                Categories
                Subject: Clinical Image
                Subject: Clinical Images
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                component-id ccr3873
                cover-date April 2017
                details-of-publishers-convertor Converter:WILEY_ML3GV2_TO_NLMPMC version:5.0.9 mode:remove_FC converted:04.04.2017

                Keywords: cognitive impairment,epilepsy,neurocysticercosis
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                Keywords: cognitive impairment, epilepsy, neurocysticercosis

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