Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection mimicking a spinal cord tumor

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 99-101

  Petjom, Supinda ^a   Chaiwun, Benjaporn ^a,b   Settakorn, Jongkolnee ^a   Visrutaratna, Pannee ^b   Rangdaeng, Samreung ^a   Thorner, Paul S ^c  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERREFLEXIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0036294985     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10215     Document Type: Article

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