title: [Frontal syndrome post cerebral malaria. Case report].
abstract: Cerebral malaria is one of the most serious complications of Plasmodium falciparum infection, this protozoa of the Plasmodium family is the only known to induce cerebral malaria. This case is about a frontal lobe syndrome post cerebral malaria in a young man living in an endemic malaria area. This complication is rare and most common during childhood.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, C.H.U. Brugmann, Bruxelles. julien.stricker@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stricker
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Safouris
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Divano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stadnik
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bergmann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dachy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D057565:Apathy; D056344:Executive Function; D006801:Humans; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D013577:Syndrome