Acute Cerebral Paragonimiasis Presenting as Hemorrhagic Stroke in a Child

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-136

  Chen, Zhi ^a   Zhu, Gang ^a   Lin, Jiangkai ^a   Wu, Nan ^a   Feng, Hua ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

PRAZIQUANTEL;

ACUTE CEREBRAL PARAGONIMIASIS; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSARTHRIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARAGONIMIASIS; TOMOGRAPHY SCANNERS, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 47049120420     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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