Schistosoma mansoni myeloradiculopathy in an 8-year-old Omani boy

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 183-186

  Koul, Roshan ^a   Alexander, Poovathoor ^a   Scrimgeour, Euan ^a   Idris, Mohammed ^a   Joseph, Kunju ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISOLONE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSE RESPONSE; EGG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OMAN; PARASITOSIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE INCONTINENCE; ANIMAL; CHILD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL; ANTHELMINTICS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; OMAN; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMALS; HUMANS;

EID: 0036017667     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/48.3.183     Document Type: Article

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