Encephalopathy following Loa loa treatment with albendazole

Acta Tropica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-65

  Blum, J ^a   Wiestner, A ^b   Fuhr, P ^b   Hatz, C ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Encephalopathy; Loa loa

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOA LOA; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROFILARIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOA; LOIASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035863420     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(00)00159-5     Document Type: Article

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