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Serological diagnosis and follow-up of severe neurocysticercosis using HP10 antigen detection

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The synopsis was written by Martina Habeck, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Cysticercosis Unit, Instituto de Ciencias Neurologicas, Jirón Ancash 1271, Barrios Altos, Lima 1, Peru hgarcia@jhsph.edu

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  1. and an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, HH Garcia is Head of the Cysticercosis Unit, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurologicas, Lima, Peru. He is also a member of the Coordination Board of the Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru.,

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Garcia, H. Serological diagnosis and follow-up of severe neurocysticercosis using HP10 antigen detection. Nat Rev Neurol 3, 488–489 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0563

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