"Cysticercus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The larval form of various tapeworms of the genus Taenia.
| Descriptor ID |
D003552
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500.736.215.895.286
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cysticercus" by people in Profiles.
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Cysticercosis of the eyelid. BMJ Case Rep. 2017 Aug 29; 2017.
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Corticosteroid withdrawal precipitates perilesional edema around calcified Taenia solium cysts. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013 Nov; 89(5):919-23.
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Proinflammatory cytokines in granulomas associated with murine cysticercosis are not the cause of seizures. J Parasitol. 2006 Aug; 92(4):738-41.
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Taenia solium cysticercosis: host-parasite interactions and the immune response. Chem Immunol. 1997; 66:209-30.
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Unusual MRI appearances of cysticercus within the fourth ventricle. Neuroradiology. 1993; 35(6):457-8.