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A profile of childhood neurocysticercosis

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Science, Ansari Nagar, 110 029, New Delhi

    Veena Kalra (Additional Professor) & Mohnish Suri

  2. Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Science, Ansari Nagar, 110 029, New Delhi

    B. L. Jailkhani

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Kalra, V., Suri, M. & Jailkhani, B.L. A profile of childhood neurocysticercosis. Indian J Pediatr 61, 33–42 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02753555

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