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Article: Reports outline epilepsy epidemiology research from National Taiwan University, Department of Neurology.
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- Biotech Week
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- October 15, 2008
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A new study, 'Neurocysticercosis presenting with epilepsia partialis continua: a clinicopathologic report and literature review,' is now available. According to a study from Taipei, Taiwan, "Neurocysticercosis, a disease caused by a tapeworm larva in the central nervous system, is the leading cause of acquired epilepsy in undeveloped regions of the world. In Taiwan, after improvements in sanitation, tapeworm infection became very rare except in mountain areas inhibited by aborigines."
"However, in recent years, immigration from other Asian countries has increased rapidly, and parasite infection of the central nervous system may again become an important cause of ...