Bilateral oedema of the basal ganglia in an echovirus type 21 infection: Complete clinical and radiological normalization

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 421-424

  Freund, A ^a,c   Zass, R ^a   Kurlemann, G ^a   Schuierer, G ^a   Ullrich, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c ST FRANZISKUS HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CORPUS STRIATUM; ECHO VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERESTHESIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMNOLENCE; SPEECH DISORDER; TREMOR; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0031801138     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1998.tb08219.x     Document Type: Article

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