Spinal cord schistosomiasis: Unexpected postmortem finding

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-36

  Jaber, Omar I ^a   Kirby, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuroschistosomiasis; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosomiasis; Spinal cord schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSTONIA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HEPATITIS C; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; MUSCLE SPASM; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLENOMEGALY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPINAL CORD SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

AGED; ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IOWA; LIBERIA; LIVER; MYELOGRAPHY; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 84879453819     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPQR0ELSAAWJHW     Document Type: Article

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