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ID DOID:13722
Name neuroschistosomiasis
Definition A schistosomiasis that involves parasitic infection of the brain and spinal cord by Schistosoma haematobium, Schistosoma mansoni or Schistosoma japonicum causing acute or subacute myelopathy, focal central nervous system impairment, seizures and increased intracranial pressure.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/9/06-0113_article, https://www.ajtmh.org/view/journals/tpmd/76/5/article-p964.xml, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16138195
Xrefs

MESH:D020818

SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:1177012000

UMLS_CUI:C0752191

Subsets

DO_infectious_disease_slim

Parent Relationships

is_a brain disease

is_a spinal cord disease

is_a schistosomiasis

Subclass Logical Relationships

disease has location some spinal cord

disease has location some brain

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