Post-malaria neurological syndrome - A case of bilateral facial palsy after Plasmodium vivax malaria

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-229

  Kochar, D K ^a,b   Sirohi, Parmendra ^a   Kochar, S K ^a   Bindal, Dinesh ^a   Kochar, Abhishek ^a   Jhajharia, Ashok ^a   Goswami, Jitendra ^a  

^a S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Bilateral facial palsy; Plasmodium vivax; Post malaria neurological syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 34548412128     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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