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[Spinal cord neuroschistosomiasis: clinical and laboratory evaluation of 5 cases]
J C Brito1, J A Da Silva, E B Da Silva
1Hospital Santa Isabel, João Pessoa, Brasil.
Arquivos De Neuro-Psiquiatria
|June 1, 1992
Abstract:
Schistosomiasis mansoni is an endemic disease in Brazil. Cases of nervous system schistosomiasis have been referred in our medical literature for the past forty years. In this report five cases of schistosomiasis of the spinal cord are studied. A review of the literature has been made and some clinical, laboratory and therapeutical aspects are discussed.