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SUBMITTER: Montgomery MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6903786 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Montgomery Michelle A MA Ramos Marcel M Kelvin Elizabeth A EA Carpio Arturo A Jaramillo Alexander A Hauser W Allen WA Zhang Hongbin H
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 20191201 12
<h4>Background</h4>In neurocysticercosis, the larval form of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium appears to evolve through three phases-active, degenerative and sometimes calcification-before disappearance. The antihelmintic drug, albendazole, has been shown to hasten the resolution of active cysts in neurocysticercosis. Little is known about the time cysts take to progress through each phase, with or without treatment.<h4>Methods</h4>We reconfigured brain imaging data from patient level to cyst lev ...[more]