Post malaria cerebellar ataxia and ocular flutter: Report of two cases

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 417-418

  Idris, M N A ^a,b   Sokrab, T E O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG COMBINATION; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PREDNISOLONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033238231     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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