Corticosteroid-responsive postmalaria encephalopathy characterized by motor aphasia, myoclonus, and postural tremor

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 417-420

  Schnorf, Hans ^a   Diserens, Karin ^a   Schnyder, Hans ^b   Chofflon, Michel ^a   Loutan, Louis ^a   Chaves, Virginia ^a   Landis, Theodor ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; APHASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; POSTURE; TREMOR;

EID: 0031920444     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.3.417     Document Type: Article

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