Pathology of CNS parasitic infections

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 65-88

  Pittella, José Eymard Homem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain; Central nervous system; Parasitic infections; Pathogenesis; Pathology; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879848243     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53490-3.00005-4     Document Type: Chapter

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