Encephalopathy due to visceral larva migrans.
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Encephalopathy due to visceral larva migrans.
For some time a syndrome of massive eosino-philia associated with respiratory and other symptoms has been recognized. The condition carries on the whole a good prognosis, is self-limiting and is most commonly seen in children, often occurring in several members of the same family. Frequently observed in the tropics or the subtropics, it has been variously described as Loeffler's syndrome, tropi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1967
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.30.6.580