Wasp sting induced neurological manifestations

Neurology India

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 319-321

  Sachdev, A ^a   Mahapatra, M ^a   D'Cruz, S ^a   Kumar, A ^a   Singh, R ^a   Lehl, S S ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera sting; Stroke; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; DYSARTHRIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; HYPERREFLEXIA; INSECT STING; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; SPASTICITY; STROKE; VASCULITIS; WASP;

ADULT; BITES AND STINGS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PONS; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; WASP VENOMS;

EID: 0036755993     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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