Sleeping sickness: central features
Evidence-based neurology checklist on sleeping sickness: central features: Stage 1 sleeping sickness This is the early hemolymphatic stage Trypomastigota multiply in blood and lymph nodes The parasites are also in the spleen, liver, skin, heart, eyes, and endocrine system Stage 2 sleeping sickness…
Stage 1 sleeping sickness
- This is the early hemolymphatic stage
- Trypomastigota multiply in blood and lymph nodes
- The parasites are also in the spleen, liver, skin, heart, eyes, and endocrine system
Stage 2 sleeping sickness
Sleep disorders
Psychiatric features
Neuromuscular features
Movement disorders
Primitive reflexes
Other central features
Differential diagnosis
Synonyms
References
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