Brain involvement in a Schistosoma mansoni myelopathy patient

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 512-

  Artal, Francisco J Carod ^a   Mesquita, H M ^a   Gepp, R De A ^a   Antunes, J S ^a   Kalil, R K ^a  

^a SARAH NETWORK OF REHABILITATION HOSPITALS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PRAZIQUANTEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DYSPHASIA; GIANT CELL GRANULOMA; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VOMITING; ANIMAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRONTAL LOBE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PARASITOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOSURGERY; SPINAL CORD;

AGED; ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; PARIETAL LOBE; RADIOSURGERY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33645560449     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.078014     Document Type: Article

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