A 24-year-old woman with paresthesias and muscle cramps after a stay in Africa

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 346, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 115-122

  Nutman, T B ^a   Kradin, R L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FILARIA; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; LOA LOA; MUSCLE CRAMP; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; AFRICA; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; EDEMA; EOSINOPHILIA; FILARIASIS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IMMUNOLOGY; LEG; LOA; TRAVEL;

HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDEMA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; LEG; LOA; LOIASIS; MUSCLE CRAMP; PARESTHESIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 0037050351     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc010140     Document Type: Article

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