Toxocara canis meningomyelitis [1]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1267-1268

  Dauriac Le Masson, Valérie ^a   Chochon, Florence ^a   Demeret, Sophie ^a   Pierrot Deseilligny, Charles ^a  

^a NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MENINGOMYELITIS; MENINX DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEBENDAZOLE; MENINGITIS; MYELITIS; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26644458813     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0688-0     Document Type: Letter

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