Disseminated cysticercosis and role of spin echo short tau inversion recovery sequence imaging: Case based review

Lakshmi Narasimhan Ranganathan; Venkatraman Karthikeayan; Arun Shivaraman MM; Guhan R.; Venkateswaran KJ; Thamil Pavai N; Manmohan Mehndiratta

doi:10.1016/j.ijep.2017.10.002

International Journal of Epilepsy, Table of Contents

CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 · International Journal of Epilepsy 2017; 04(02): 174-180
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijep.2017.10.002

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Disseminated cysticercosis and role of spin echo short tau inversion recovery sequence imaging: Case based review

Authors

Lakshmi Narasimhan Ranganathan

^aInstitute of Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India
Venkatraman Karthikeayan

^aInstitute of Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India
Arun Shivaraman MM

^aInstitute of Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India
Guhan R.

^aInstitute of Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India
Venkateswaran KJ

^aInstitute of Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India
Thamil Pavai N

^aInstitute of Neurology, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India
Manmohan Mehndiratta

^bJanakpuri Super Specialty Hospital, Delhi, India

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