Neurological involvement during Katayama syndrome

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-10

  Jauréguiberry, Stéphane ^a   Caumes, Eric ^a  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PRAZIQUANTEL;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; KATAYAMA SYNDROME; LETTER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; THROMBOSIS; VASCULITIS; ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NOTE; PARASITOLOGY; SCHISTOSOMA;

ANIMALS; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 39149113509     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(07)70299-2     Document Type: Letter

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