Clinical-epidemiologic profile of the schistosomal myeloradiculopathy in Pernambuco, Brazil

This was a retrospective descriptive study on a series of cases of schistosomal myeloradiculopathy (SMR) and the aim was to investigate the incidence of this disease and its clinical and epidemiological characteristics in cases diagnosed at three healthcare units in Pernambuco, Brazil between 1994-2...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Karina Conceição GM de Araújo, Cristiana da Rosa e Silva, Alexsandra Glória A dos Santos, Constança Simões Barbosa, Teresa CA Ferrari
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2010-07-01
Subjects:	epidemiology schistosomiasis schistosomal myeloradiculopathy neuroschistosomiasis Schistosoma mansoni
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762010000400017