Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis exacerbated by varicella

Pediatrics International

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 619-623

  GüCüyener, Kivilcim ^a   Kula, Serdar ^a   Serdaroglu, Ayŝe ^a   Tah, E Turgut ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ADEM; Encephalitis; Pre eruptive; Varicella zoster

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REYE SYNDROME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 0030870870     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.1997.tb03652.x     Document Type: Article

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