Neurological complications of Schistosoma infection

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-116

  Carod Artal, Francisco Javier ^a  

^a SARAH NETWORK OF REHABILITATION HOSPITALS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bilharziasis; Myelopathy; Neurological manifestations; Pathogenesis; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OXAMNIQUINE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISONE;

AREFLEXIA; ATAXIA; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CAUDA EQUINA; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DELIRIUM; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; DYSPHASIA; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HEADACHE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYELITIS; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEAMWORK; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREVALENCE; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMICIDES; SOUTH AMERICA; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 38049123013     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2007.08.004     Document Type: Review

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