Cerebral schistosomiasis: MR and CT appearance

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1598-1600

  Preidler, Klaus W ^a   Riepl, Thomas ^a   Szolar, Dieter ^a   Ranner, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Brain, infection; Brain, inflammation

Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVULSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRANULOMA; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0029793717     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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