Identification of factors associated with clinically severe angiostrongyliasis

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1352-1355

  Diao, Zongli ^a   Xiao, Hongli ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Qi, Haiyu ^a   Li, Xiaoli ^a   Yin, Chenghong ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ACTIVATION CRITERIA FOR ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARASITE INCIDENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 79551630116     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0278     Document Type: Article

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