Encephalopathy caused by visceral larva migrans due to Ascaris suum

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-199

  Inatomi, Yuichiro ^a,b   Murakami, Tatsufumi ^a   Tokunaga, Makoto ^b,c   Ishiwata, Kenji ^d   Nawa, Yukifumi ^d   Uchino, Makoto ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAISEIKAI KUMAMOTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KUMAMOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; Encephalopathy; Eosinophilia; IgE; Visceral larva migrans

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; DROWSINESS; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0033120787     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(99)00078-7     Document Type: Article

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