Oriental schistosomiasis with neurological complications: Case report

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Li, Yuesheng ^a,b   Ross, Allen G ^c,d   Hou, Xunya ^a   Lou, Zhaoyang ^a   McManus, Donald P ^b  

^a HUNAN INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SYNCOPE; VERTIGO; VOMITING; ANIMAL; CHINA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM;

EID: 79551638018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-10-5     Document Type: Article

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