Schistosomal Cervical Myelopathy

Schistosomiasis is an infectious disease caused by trematode platyhelminths of the genus Schistosoma. The involvement of the cervical spinal cord is rare, with few cases reported in the literature. The management of such patients is particularly challenging, since clinical and radiological findings...

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Main Authors: Ronald Farias, Kléver Forte de Oliveira, George de Albuquerque Cavalcanti Mendes, Ussânio Mororó Meira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2018-06-01
Series:Brazilian Neurosurgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0038-1661356