Cerebrovascular disease in the tropics;Enfermedad cerebrovascular en los trópicos

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 750-762

  Del Brutto, Oscar H ^a  

^a Air Center 3542   (United States)

Author keywords

Angeitis; Cerebral infarct; Cerebral malaria; Cerebrovascular disease; Chagas' disease; Cysticercosis; Gnathostomiasis; Infective endocarditis; Intracranial hemorrhage; Leptospirosis; Puerperal venous thrombosis; Sickle cell disease; Snake bite; Stroke; Takayasu's arteritis; Tropical diseases; Tuberculosis; Viral hemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN MALARIA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LEPTOSPIROSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SNAKEBITE; TROPICS; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER;

EID: 0035900094     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3308.2001272     Document Type: Review

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