Acute neuroschistosomiasis: A cerebral vasculitis to treat with corticosteroids not praziquantel

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 359-

  Caumes, Eric ^a   Vidailhet, Marie ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CEREBELLUM; DEMYELINATION; DRUG USE; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; GRAY MATTER; HEART DISEASE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LETTER; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SPINAL CORD; THALAMUS; THROMBOSIS; TRICHINOSIS; VACCINATION; VIRUS INFECTION; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ENCEPHALITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISONE; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; TRAVEL;

EID: 77956197168     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00452_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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