Postmalaria neurologic syndrome: A case report

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 630-635

  Hsieh, Cheng Fang ^a   Shih, Pang Ying ^a,b   Lin, Ruey Tay ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid; Malaria; Postmalaria neurologic syndrome; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POSTMALARIA NEUROLOGIC SYNDROME; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845321079     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70364-X     Document Type: Article

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