title: [Clinical neurological signs of human African trypanosomiasis at the meningoencephalitis stage (apropos of 23 cases)].
abstract: Twenty-three patients with trypanosomiasis in the meningo-encephalitic period have been examined neurologically. Main neurological symptoms are evocative of the affection and consist in frontal syndrome, often shown by a cheiro-chin reflex, the most frequent objective neurological sign, extrapyramidal injury, neuro-endocrine dysfunction, vestibular, cerebellar, pyramidal and meningitis syndromes. Cerebro-spinal alterations are not steadfast.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Université de Kinshasa, Zaïre.
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Nkanga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kazadi
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Kazyumba
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dechef
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014347:Trypanosoma brucei gambiense; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Signes cliniques neurologiques de la trypanosomiase humaine africaine au stade méningo encéphalitique (à propos de 23 cas).