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Intraventricular Neurocysticercosis Managed with Albendazole and Dexamethasone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2014

Jan Hajek  and
Jay Keystone
Jan Hajek*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, North York General Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jay Keystone
Affiliation:
Tropical Disease Unit, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Toronto Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
*
Department of Infectious Diseases, North York General Hospital, 4001 Leslie Street, GW-33, Toronto, Ontario, M2K 1E1, Canada.
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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 102 - 104
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