Schistosoma mansoni encephalomyelitis

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1200-1201

  Vale, Thiago Cardoso ^a   Marques, Drusus Perez ^a   De Sousa Pereira, Sílvio Roberto ^a   Lambertucci, José Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; LUMBAR SPINE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PRAZIQUANTEL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI;

EID: 80052710448     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2011.198     Document Type: Article

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