PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Al-Khuwaitir, Tarig S.
AU  - Al-Moghairi, Abdurahman M.
AU  - El Zain, Fathi N.
AU  - Al-Zayer, Wassim S.
TI  - Neurocysticercosis in central Saudi Arabia
DP  - 2005 Jul 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 226--229
VI  - 10
IP  - 3
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/10/3/226.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/10/3/226.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2005 Jul 01; 10
AB  - Neurocysticercosis is a disease endemic in pork breeding societies. It exhibits itself by the sudden development of seizures in an apparently healthy individual, a rather nonspecific symptom. In its own cultural circles, diagnosis is easy because of the higher incidence and prevalence of the ailment. However in cultures whose religion excludes the breeding of pork, such as Islamic countries, diagnosis depends on an often forgotten spiritual history, which we believe may have a place as the fourth epidemiologic criterion in the revised diagnostic criteria for neurocysticercosis.