Treatment of schistosomal myeloradiculopathy with praziquantel and corticosteroids and evaluation by magnetic resonance imaging: A longitudinal study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1618-1624

  Silva, Luciana C S ^a   Maciel, Pedro E ^b   Ribas, João G R ^c   Souza Pereira, Sílvio R ^a   Antunes, Carlos M ^a   Lambertucci, José R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Institute of Criminology of Minas Gerais   (Brazil)

^c Hospital Sarah Kubitscheck   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PRAZIQUANTEL; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; IMPOTENCE; LIMB PAIN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMAL MYELORADICULOPATHY; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHELMINTICS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSCHISTOSOMIASIS; PRAZIQUANTEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 9644262635     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/425611     Document Type: Article

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