A case of postmalaria neurological syndrome in Japan

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 399-401

  Mizuno, Yasutaka ^a   Kato, Yasuyuki ^a   Kanagawa, Shuzo ^a   Kudo, Koichiro ^a   Hashimoto, Meiko ^a   Kunimoto, Masanari ^a   Kano, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Malaria; Mefloquine; Postmalaria neurological syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ARTESUNATE; MEFLOQUINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONFUSION; CONVULSION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEVER; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MALARIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMODIUM; POSTMALARIA NEUROLOGICAL SYNDROME; PSYCHOSIS; SYMPTOM; TREMOR;

EID: 33846432040     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-006-0489-0     Document Type: Article

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