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Complete cure was obtained in only 38%of patients.Patients with more than 20 cysts had poorer responses to therapy.The clinical course and EEG evolution improved in most patients.Side effects were present in 38%of patients,mainly mild,transient gastrointestinal symptoms.Therapy was also associated with exacerbation of neurologic symptoms.Two patients died in the first year after therapy,both because of aggregated infections of ventricle-peritoneal shunts.One-year follow-up CT showed lesions in three of 10 patients presumed to be cured 3 months after therapy.Extension of albendazole therapy for more than 7 days adds no benefits for the patients. |
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