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

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boxed-text Fleury A et al. (2007) Detection of HP10 antigen in serum for diagnosis and follow-up of subarachnoidal and intraventricular human neurocysticercosis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry [doi:10.1136/jnnp.2006.107243]

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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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