Eosinophilic meningoencephalitis caused by Angiostrongylus cantonesis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 573-575

  Chen, C Y ^a   Kuo, C C ^a   Lo, Chung Ping ^a   Huang, M Y ^a   Wang, Y M ^a   Wang, W Y ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE CYSTEINE TC 99M; LEVAMISOLE; MEBENDAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EOSINOPHILIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM HELMINTHIASIS; EOSINOPHILIA; PARASITOLOGY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

AGED; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM HELMINTHIASIS; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84903789786     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcr261     Document Type: Article

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