Eosinophilic meningitis and an ocular worm in a patient from Kerala, south India

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-

  Baheti, N N ^a   Sreedharan, M ^a   Krishnamoorthy, T ^a   Nair, M D ^a   Radhakrishnan, K ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHIL MENINGITIS; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; LEUKOCYTE DISORDER; MENINGITIS; MICROSCOPY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULAR WORM; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITRECTOMY; VOMITING; WORM; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATION; EOSINOPHILIA; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS; PREDNISOLONE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 39749100623     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.122093     Document Type: Article

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