Pediatric neurotoxocariasis with concomitant cerebral, cerebellar, and peripheral nervous system involvement: case report and review of the literature

To alert pediatricians to the neurologic consequences of toxocariasis and to describe the first pediatric case of neurotoxocariasis with concomitant cerebral, cerebellar and peripheral nervous system involvement. We report a case of neurotoxocariasis in a previously healthy 5-year-old boy with unusu...

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Published in:	Jornal de pediatria Vol. 86; no. 6; pp. 531 - 534
Main Authors:	Salvador, Sócrates, Ribeiro, Ricardo, Winckler, Maria Isabel, Ohlweiler, Lygia, Riesgo, Rudimar
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Brazil 01-11-2010
Subjects:	Animals Central Nervous System Helminthiasis - diagnosis Cerebellar Diseases - parasitology Child, Preschool Diagnosis, Differential Humans Male Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - parasitology Toxocara canis - isolation & purification Toxocariasis - diagnosis
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