Spinal schistosomiasis: Differential diagnosis for acute paraparesis in a US resident

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 256-260

  Joshi, Tapan N ^a   Yamazaki, Michael K ^b   Zhao, Holly ^b   Becker, Daniel ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Myelopathy; Myeloradiculopathy; Paraparesis; Parasites, helminthic; Praziquantel; Schistosoma; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis, spinal

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOSTOMY; CONUS MEDULLARIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; LEG PAIN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MYELITIS; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEUROGENIC BOWEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PELVIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINE INCONTINENCE; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPARESIS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPINAL CORD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956103328     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2010.11689703     Document Type: Article

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