Toxocariasis presenting as encephalomyelitis

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Helsen, Gregory ^a   Vandecasteele, Stefaan J ^b   Vanopdenbosch, Ludo J ^b  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; MEBENDAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MYELITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON REFLEX; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TOXOCARIASIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84870167815     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/503913     Document Type: Article

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