An adult case of peripheral facial nerve palsy following acute cerebellitis associated with high antibody titers against varicella-zoster virus

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1070-1072

  Ogata, Katsuya ^a   Yamada, Takeshi ^a   Hara, Hideo ^a   Taniwaki, Takayuki ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute cerebellitis; Gadolinium enhanced MRI; Geniculate ganglion; Peripheral facial nerve palsy; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0032419523     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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