Serum and cerebrospinal fluid S100B concentrations in patients with neurocysticercosis
The clinical manifestations of neurocysticercosis (NC) are varied and depend on the number and location of cysts, as well as on the host immune response. Symptoms usually occur in NC when cysticerci enter a degenerative course associated with an inflammatory response. The expression of brain damage...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2006-01-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000100015 |