Headache and confusion: The dangers of a raw snail supper

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Volumn 361, Issue 9372, 2003, Pages 1866-

  Chau, T T H ^a   Thwaites, G E ^b   Chuong, L V ^a   Sinh, D X ^a   Farrar, J J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CELL ASSAY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONFUSION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MEAL; MENINGITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PARASITIC EOSINOPHILIC MENINGITIS; PARASITOSIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; THELAZIA; TOXOCARA;

EID: 0038392857     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13506-4     Document Type: Article

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