Out of Africa

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 749-753

  Sahlas, Demetrios J ^a   Dick MacLean, J ^b   Janevski, John ^c   Detsky, Allan S ^c,d  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EFLORNITHINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PARACETAMOL; PHENYTOIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PSYCHOSIS; REFUGEE; SEIZURE; SHOULDER PAIN; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN; CANADA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; TORTURE; TRYPANOSOMA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN; CANADA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFUGEES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TORTURE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 0037026688     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcps021049     Document Type: Article

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