A case of complicated cerebral toxocariasis in a 4-year old child

Helminthologia

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 169-172

  Kincekova J ^a   Banovcin P ^b   Fedor, M ^b   Dubinsky Jr P ^c   Polacek H ^d   Pavlinova J ^a   Simekova K ^b  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin and University Hospital Martin   (Slovakia)

^c L PASTEUR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^d Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Cerebral toxocariasis; Diagnostics; Larval toxocariasis; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

TOXOCARA;

EID: 58149470838     PISSN: 04406605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11687-008-0034-z     Document Type: Article

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