What proportion of cases of epilepsy are actually caused by neurocysticercosis?

Arturo Carpio^{1

2}, Matthew L Romo³, José F Tellez-Zenteno⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador.
² G. H. Sergievsky Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, New York, U.S.A.
⁴ Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Comment

Arturo Carpio et al. Epilepsia. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;58(12):2186-2187.

doi: 10.1111/epi.13936.

Arturo Carpio^{1

2}, Matthew L Romo³, José F Tellez-Zenteno⁴

¹ School of Medicine, University of Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador.
² G. H. Sergievsky Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, City University of New York, New York, New York, U.S.A.
⁴ Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

No abstract available

Comment in

Response: Neurocysticercosis and epilepsy.
Del Brutto OH. Del Brutto OH. Epilepsia. 2017 Dec;58(12):2187. doi: 10.1111/epi.13933. Epilepsia. 2017. PMID: 29205323 No abstract available.

On the relationship between calcified neurocysticercosis and epilepsy in an endemic village: A large-scale, computed tomography-based population study in rural Ecuador.
Del Brutto OH, Arroyo G, Del Brutto VJ, Zambrano M, García HH. Del Brutto OH, et al. Epilepsia. 2017 Nov;58(11):1955-1961. doi: 10.1111/epi.13892. Epub 2017 Aug 29. Epilepsia. 2017. PMID: 28850668 Free PMC article.