Postmalaria neurological syndrome: A case report;Síndrome neurológica pós-malária: Relato de um caso

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 787-788

  Da Motta, Leonardo Ponce ^a   Da Costa, Márcio Araújo ^a   Gouvea, Marcelo Barreto ^a   Tibúrcio, Alberto Saraiva ^a   Filho, Esaú Custódio João ^a   Specterow, Maurício ^a   Da Silva, Beatriz Cappatto ^a   Nascimento, Maria Letícia Fernandes Oliveira ^a   Ganem, Natasha Sbragio ^a   Lyra, Marcelo Rosandiski ^a  

^a Central Hospital of Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Methylprednisolone; Plasmodium falciparum; Postmalaria neurological syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ARTESUNATE; ARTESUNATE PLUS MEFLOQUINE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CLINDAMYCIN; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; QUININE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILL; DELIRIUM; DIZZINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEVER; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER TOXICITY; MALAISE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE SPASM; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POSTMALARIA NEUROLOGICAL SYNDROME; RESTLESSNESS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 84855872256     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822011000600027     Document Type: Article

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