Cognitive dysfunction, urinary retention, and a lesion in the thalamus-Beware of possible toxocariasis of the central nervous system

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1054-1057

  Scheid, Rainer ^a,b   Tina Jentzsch, R ^a   Schroeter, Matthias L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Clinics; Parasitosis; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN CYST; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THALAMUS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; URINE RETENTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THALAMUS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; URINARY RETENTION;

EID: 54049098744     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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