Loa loa meningoencephalitis secondary to treatment with mebendazol;Meningoencefalitis por Loa loa secundaria a tratamiento con mebendazol

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 228-229

  Velilla Moliner, Joaquín ^a   Giménez Valverde, Antonio ^a   Franco Sorolla, José Miguel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEBENDAZOLE;

HUMAN; LETTER; LOA LOA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; SIDE EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM HELMINTHIASIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CESAREAN SECTION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; FEMALE; GUINEA; HUMANS; LOIASIS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEBENDAZOLE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROFILARIA; PARASITEMIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SPAIN;

EID: 79951676818     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2010.02.003     Document Type: Letter

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