Surgical treatment of 42 patients with cerebral schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma japonicum

Chinese Journal of Schistosomiasis Control

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 379-382

  Wang, Peng ^a   Wu, Ming Can ^b   Chen, Shi Jie ^b   Yang, Yong ^b   Lu, Xiao Jie ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGTZE UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral schistosomiasis; Computer tomography (CT); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Schistosoma japonicum; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SEIZURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883218835     PISSN: 10056661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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