 Larva Migrans, Visceral
"Larva Migrans, Visceral" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition produced in man by the prolonged migration of animal nematode larvae in extraintestinal tissues other than skin; characterized by persistent hypereosinophilia, hepatomegaly, and frequently pneumonitis, commonly caused by Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati.
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D007816
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C03.335.508.523.780 C03.335.508.700.100.868.420
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| Concept/Terms |
Larva Migrans, Visceral- Larva Migrans, Visceral
- Larva Migran, Visceral
- Migran, Visceral Larva
- Migrans, Visceral Larva
- Visceral Larva Migran
- Visceral Larva Migrans
- Visceral Larva Migrans Syndrome
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| 1985 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Fox AS, Kazacos KR, Gould NS, Heydemann PT, Thomas C, Boyer KM. Fatal eosinophilic meningoencephalitis and visceral larva migrans caused by the raccoon ascarid Baylisascaris procyonis. N Engl J Med. 1985 Jun 20; 312(25):1619-23.
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