Parasitic myositis in tropical Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 254-256

  Basuroy, Ron ^a   Pennisi, Roloert ^b   Robertson, Thomas ^b   Norton, Robert ^c   Stokes, John ^d,e   Reimers, Jon ^c   Archer, John ^a,e,f  

^a CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Mater Hospital   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBENDAZOLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; PREDNISONE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HAYCOCKNEMA PERPLEXUM; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CRAMP; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOPATHY; MYOSITIS; NEMATODE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARASITIC MYOSITIS; POLYMYOSITIS; REFLEX DISORDER; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; AUSTRALIA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOSITIS; NEMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 42449137591     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01601.x     Document Type: Article

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