Case report: Loiasis with peripheral nerve involvement and spleen lesions

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 733-737

  Gobbi, Federico ^a   Boussinesq, Michel ^b   Mascarello, Marta ^c   Angheben, Andrea ^a   Gobbo, Maria ^a   Rossanese, Andrea ^a   Corachán, Manuel ^d   Bisoffi, Zeno ^a  

^a SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c Policlinico Universitario gB Rossi   (Italy)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; IVERMECTIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL AFRICA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOA LOA; LOIASIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPLEEN DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOIASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SPLEEN;

LOA LOA; PROTEA;

EID: 79958714502     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0458     Document Type: Article

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