Clinical and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) profile and CSF criteria for the diagnosis of spinal cord schistosomiasis Aspectos clínicos e liquóricos e critérios para o diagnóstico liquórico de esquistossomose medular

Clinical and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) profile and CSF criteria for the diagnosis of spinal cord schistosomiasis Aspectos clínicos e liquóricos e critérios para o diagnóstico liquórico de esquistossomose medular

OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical and CSF findings among patients with presumptive neuroschistosomiasis (NS) and to suggest a classification for the CSF diagnosis of presumptive NS. METHOD: The charts of all patients whose CSF exam was performed at the CSF Lab, José Silveira Foundation, Salvador,...

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Main Authors: Otávio Augusto Moreno-Carvalho, Cristiana Maria Nascimento-Carvalho, Aroldo Luiz da Silva Bacelar, Antônio de Souza Andrade-Filho, Gersonita Costa, Jandira Bastos Fontes, Telma Assis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2003-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
neuroesquistossomose
líquor
diagnóstico liquórico
mielite
mielorradiculite
Schistosoma mansoni
neuroschistosomiasis
cerebrospinal fluid
CSF diagnosis
myelitis
myeloradiculitis
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