Eosinophilic meningitis

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 207-215

  Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak ^a   Chotmongkol, Verajit ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Angiostrongyliasis; Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Clinical manifestations; Diagnosis; Eosinophilic meningitis; Gnathostoma spinigerum; Gnathostomiasis; Neurocysticercosis; Taenia solium; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879874796     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53490-3.00015-7     Document Type: Chapter

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