Review of clinical presentations in Thai patients with primary amoebic meningoencephalitis

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

CSF=cerebrospinal fluid; PMN=polymorphonuclear

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NECK MUSCLE; NEUTROPHIL; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SWIMMING; THAILAND; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 25144440007     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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