Clinical heterogeneity of human neurocysticercosis results from complex interactions among parasite, host and environmental factors.

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Published in Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg on January 29, 2010

Authors

Agnès Fleury1, Alfonso Escobar, Gladis Fragoso, Edda Sciutto, Carlos Larralde

Author Affiliations

1: Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, SSA, Laboratorio de Investigaciones Clínicas, Insurgentes Sur 3877, Col. La Fama, México, DF 14269, México. afleury@biomedicas.unam.mx

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