Myelopathies,Schistosomal
《英文msh詞典》Myelopathies,Schistosomal
[入口詞] Myelopathies,Schistosomal
[主題詞] Neuroschistosomiasis
[英文釋義] 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)