Toxocariasis of the CNS simulating acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Neurology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 806-807

  Marx, C ^a   Lin, J ^a   Masruha, M R ^a   Rodrigues, M G ^a,b   Da Rocha, A J ^c   Vilanova, L C P ^a   Gabbai, A A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^c FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PREDNISOLONE; TIABENDAZOLE;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXOCARIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTINFECTION ENCEPHALITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PARASITIC INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOGS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDNISOLONE; SPINAL CORD; THIABENDAZOLE; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 34548142968     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000267664.53595.75     Document Type: Article

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