A case of optic nerve compression caused by Angiostrongylus cantonensis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-

  Qi, Haiyu ^a   Diao, Zongli ^a   Yin, Chenghong ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PARESTHESIA; RECURRENT FEVER; VISUAL ACUITY; ANIMAL; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; STRONGYLE INFECTION;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67650312370     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.4     Document Type: Article

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