Schistosomal myelopathy mimicking spinal cord neoplasm

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 365-367

  Camargos, Sarah T ^a,b   Dantas, Fernando R ^a   Teixeira, Antonio L ^b  

^a BIOCOR INSTITUTO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; PRAZIQUANTEL; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECTUM BIOPSY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMAL MYELOPATHY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 18844431911     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510035337     Document Type: Article

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