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  • Title: Praziquantel in the treatment of neurocysticercosis: long-term follow-up.
    Author: Sotelo J, Torres B, Rubio-Donnadieu F, Escobedo F, Rodriguez-Carbajal J.
    Journal: Neurology; 1985 May; 35(5):752-5. PubMed ID: 3990975.
    Abstract:
    Thirty-five patients with active neurocysticercosis were treated with praziquantel and followed for 1 year after therapy. CT and CSF analysis showed that 91% of patients with parenchymal cysts improved, and 47% of patients with chronic arachnoiditis had remission. A single treatment with praziquantel for 2 weeks, administered in a daily dose of 50 mg/kg of body weight, was highly effective in parenchymal cysticercosis but less effective in meningeal cysticercosis. The benefits were sustained for at least 1 year.
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