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Neurological complications of cysticercosis in Africans: a clinical and serological study

S. J. Powell From the Amoebiasis Research Unit, and the Department of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban
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E. M. Proctor From the Amoebiasis Research Unit, and the Department of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban
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A. J. Wilmot From the Amoebiasis Research Unit, and the Department of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban
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A. M. Barnett From the Amoebiasis Research Unit, and the Department of Medicine, University of Natal, Durban
Pages 159-164 | Received 08 Feb 1966, Published online: 15 Mar 2016

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