Neuroparasitic infections: Nematodes

Seminars in Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 252-261

  Walker, M D ^b   Zunt, Joseph R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nematode; Nervous system; Parasite

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IVERMECTIN; MEBENDAZOLE; STEROID; TIABENDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALOPECIA; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; BAYLISACARIS PROCYONIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GNATHOSTOMA SPINIGERUM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTION RISK; JAUNDICE; MORBIDITY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; SUPERINFECTION; SYMPTOM; TOXOCARA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; GNATHOSTOMA; HUMANS; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 26444589271     PISSN: 02718235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-917662     Document Type: Review

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