Antimony-induced cerebellar ataxia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-92

  Khalil, Eltahir Awad G ^a   Ahmed, Ammar E ^b   Musa, Ahmed M ^a   Hussein, Muna H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c Tropical Diseases Hospital   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; TINIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUDAN; TREMOR; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANIMALS; ANTIMONY; ANTIMONY SODIUM GLUCONATE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; SUDAN;

EID: 32044459703     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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