Acute cerebellitis caused by Coxiella burnetii

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 124-127

  Sawaishi, Yukio ^a   Takahashi, Ikuo ^b   Hirayama, Yasuhiro ^b   Abe, Takashi ^c   Mizutani, Miho ^d   Hirai, Katsuya ^d   Takada, Goro ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Ogachi Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; FLOMOXEF; MINOCYCLINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COXIELLA BURNETII; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; COXIELLA BURNETII; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; Q FEVER;

EID: 0032899010     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(199901)45:1<124::AID-ART19>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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