Human African trypanosomiasis: A highly neglected neurological disease

Neglected Tropical Diseases and Conditions of the Nervous System

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 165-181

  Buguet, Alain ^a   Mpanzou, Ghislain ^b   Bentivoglio, Marina ^c  

^a Polyclinique Marie Louise Poto Djembo ^*  (Congo)

^b Clinique Municipale Albert Leyono   (Congo)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioral disorders; Neuroinflammation; Pain; Parasitic brain infection; Sensory disorders; Sleep; Sleeping sickness; Trypanosoma brucei

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922627108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8100-3_9     Document Type: Chapter

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