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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2019

A Personal Account Regarding the Origin and Evolution of Controversies in the Management of Neurocysticercosis.

Oscar H Del Brutto

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Human Neurocysticercosis: An Overview.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
    Review
  2. Review
  3. Parasitic Infections of the Nervous System.Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Oscar H Del BruttoSchool of Medicine, Universidad Espíritu Santo-Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A panel of experts from the Infectious Disease Society of America and The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene recently published guidelines for management of neurocysticercosis, showing that clinical manifestations as well as the stage of involution and the anatomical location of parasites must be taken into account before the start of a rational therapy. Soon thereafter, isolated opinions attempted to discredit these guidelines, arguing insufficient or inadequate evidence and suggesting that they should not be followed worldwide. In view of these conflicting reports, it is appropriate to review the origin and evolution of the controversy on the medical treatment of neurocysticercosis.

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Disease ManagementPractice Guidelines as TopicHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansNeurocysticercosisRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSocieties, Medical

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PMID30761985
PMCPMC6447137

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