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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0120-8748</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Neurológica Colombiana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Neurol Colomb.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-8748</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Colombiana de Neurología]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0120-87482021000200163</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22379/24224022349</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Neuroesquistosomiasis]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Neuroschistosomiasis]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ramos Romero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Marta]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Garcia]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Xiomara]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de La Sabana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>37</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>163</fpage>
<lpage>168</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-87482021000200163&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-87482021000200163&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-87482021000200163&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La esquistosomiasis es una enfermedad parasitaria causada por helmintos del género Schistosoma. La neuroesquistosomiasis es la afectación del sistema nervioso central (SNQ en la esquistosomiasis. Se trata de una afectación grave, infradiagnosticada y potencialmente letal. La verdadera prevalencia de la neuroesquistosomiasis se desconoce y las cifras obtenidas de los diferentes estudios son muy dispares. Los esquistosomas son trema-todos cuyo hábitat principal se ubica en los vasos sanguíneos de los vertebrados. El sistema nervioso central (SNC) puede afectarse en todas las fases de la esquistosomiasis, incluyendo la fase postinfecciosa precoz, el estadio intermedio paucisintomático y los estadios crónicos avanzados. A la fecha no existe consenso respecto al tratamiento de la neuroesquistosomiasis, pero se cuenta con algunas opciones orales y, en algunos casos, el abordaje quirúrgico.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[SUMMARY Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by helminths of the genus Schistosoma. Neuroschistosomiasis is the involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) in the schistosomiasis. It is a serious, underdiagnosed, and potentially fatal condition. The true prevalence of neuroschistosomiasis is unknown and the figures obtained from the different studies are very disparate. Schistosomes are trematodes whose main habitat is located in the blood vessels of vertebrates. The central nervous system (CNS) can be affected in all phases of schistosomiasis including the early postinfectious phase, the paucisymptomatic intermediate stage and advanced chronic stages. To date, there is no consensus regarding the treatment of neuroschistosomiasis, but there are some oral options and, in some cases, the surgical approach.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sistema nervioso central]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[trematodos (DeCS)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[schistosomiasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[neuroschistosomiasis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[central nervous system]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[trematodas (MeSH)]]></kwd>
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