"Cysticercosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Infection with CYSTICERCUS, the larval form of the various tapeworms of the genus Taenia (usually T. solium in man). In humans they penetrate the intestinal wall and invade subcutaneous tissue, brain, eye, muscle, heart, liver, lung, and peritoneum. Brain involvement results in NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D003551
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.335.190.902.185
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cysticercosis" by people in Profiles.
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Isolated cardiac cysticercosis: treatment with or without steroids? Lancet. 2019 Jun 15; 393(10189):2439.
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Neurocysticercosis among children in Chicago. Clin Infect Dis. 1996 Aug; 23(2):262-8.
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Cerebral cysticercosis: documentation of natural history with CT. Radiology. 1989 May; 171(2):459-62.
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The computed tomographic appearance of cerebral cysticercosis in adults and children. Radiology. 1982 Sep; 144(4):819-23.