RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Neurocysticercosis in central Saudi Arabia
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 226
OP 229
VO 10
IS 3
A1 Al-Khuwaitir, Tarig S.
A1 Al-Moghairi, Abdurahman M.
A1 El Zain, Fathi N.
A1 Al-Zayer, Wassim S.
YR 2005
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/10/3/226.abstract
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.