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Human Neurocysticercosis: Rightward Hemisphere Asymmetry in the Cerebral Distribution of a Single Cysticercus

2007; American Society of Parasitologists; Volume: 93; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1645/ge-1110r.1

1937-2345

Rey Jesús Romero, Belén Berradre Sáenz, F. Rosetti, Ruy Pérez-Tamayo, Gladis Fragoso, Mario M. Carrillo Huerta, Raúl Arcega-Revilla, C. Larralde, Edda Sciutto, Agnès Fleury,

Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

The distribution of single cysticerci between cerebral hemispheres was studied in 227 adult cases of calcified and vesicular neurocysticercosis (NC). A rightward lateralization of calcified cysticerci was significant only in women, whereas vesicular cysticerci were equally distributed in both hemispheres. Factors related with the differences in the inflammatory response and in the regional cerebral blood flow between genders could be involved.