Meningoencephalitis in a patient with acute Chagas disease in the Brazilian Amazon;Meningoencefalite em paciente com doença de Chagas aguda na Amazônia Brasileira

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 520-521

  De Medeiros, Maurício Borborema ^a   Guerra, Jorge Augusto De Oliveira ^a,b   De Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães ^a,b,c,d  

^a FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NILTON LINS   (Brazil)

^d FMTAM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZNIDAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; XENODIAGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NITROIMIDAZOLES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 56549130106     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822008000500020     Document Type: Article

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