A case of eosinophilic meningoencephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis with unique brain MRI findings

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 22-26

  Ogawa, Kana ^a   Kishi, Masahiko ^a   Ogawa, Takehiko ^a   Wakata, Nobuo ^a   Kinoshita, Masao ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEMATODIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BRAIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031978029     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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