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SUBMITTER: Romo ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6278713 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Romo Matthew L ML Carpio Arturo A Parkhouse R Michael E RME Cortéz María Milagros MM Rodríguez-Hidalgo Richar R
Heliyon 20181201 12
The role of immunologic tests in the diagnosis of neurocysticercosis (NC) is controversial and few studies have made comparisons among them. The objective of this study was to compare immunological tests in both serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) for the diagnosis of NC. We conducted a case-control study in Cuenca, Ecuador, enrolling patients with NC (N = 24) and matching them with other neurosurgical patients (N = 18). To detect cysticercal antigen, we used an HP10 antigen assay in serum and C ...[more]