Schistosomiasis of the nervous system

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 271-281

  Coyle, Christina Marie ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Central nervous system; CT scan; Magnetic resonance imaging; Schistosoma haematobium; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosoma mansoni; Schistosoma ova; Schistosomiasis; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879861749     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53490-3.00022-4     Document Type: Chapter

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