"Neuroschistosomiasis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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SCHISTOSOMIASIS of the brain, spinal cord, or meninges caused by infections with trematodes of the genus SCHISTOSOMA (primarily SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; and SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM in humans). S. japonicum infections of the nervous system may cause an acute meningoencephalitis or a chronic encephalopathy. S. mansoni and S. haematobium nervous system infections are associated with acute transverse myelitis involving the lower portions of the spinal cord. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1998, Ch27, pp61-2)
| Descriptor ID |
D020818
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.105.250.600 C03.335.865.859.213 C10.228.228.205.250.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Neuroschistosomiasis- Neuroschistosomiasis
- Neuroschistosomiases
- Central Nervous System Schistosomiasis
- Schistosomiasis, Central Nervous System
Schistosomal Myeloradiculopathy- Schistosomal Myeloradiculopathy
- Myeloradiculopathies, Schistosomal
- Myeloradiculopathy, Schistosomal
- Schistosomal Myeloradiculopathies
Schistosomal Myelopathy- Schistosomal Myelopathy
- Myelopathies, Schistosomal
- Myelopathy, Schistosomal
- Schistosomal Myelopathies
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