Neurocysticercosis in Western Europe: a re-emerging disease?

Acta Neurologica Belgica - Tập 112 Số 4 - Trang 335-343 - 2012
Oscar H. Del Brutto1,2
1Air Center 3542, Miami, USA
2Department of Neurological Sciences, Hospital-Clínica Kennedy, Guayaquil, Ecuador

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