Neurognathostomiasis, a neglected parasitosis of the central nervous system

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1174-1180

  Katchanov, Juri ^a   Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak ^b   Chotmongkol, Verajit ^b   Nawa, Yukifumi ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; IVERMECTIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; GNATHOSTOMIASIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MYELITIS; NEUROGNATHOSTOMIASIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARASITOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GNATHOSTOMA; GNATHOSTOMIASIS; HUMANS; LARVA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEGLECTED DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SURVIVAL RATE; THAILAND;

EID: 79959904332     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1707.101433     Document Type: Article

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