Bilateral enhancing thalamic lesions in a 10 year old boy: Case report

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 633-635

  Olivero, William C ^a   Deshmukh, Praveen ^a   Gujrati, Meena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Postinfectious encephalomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PARALYSIS; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032917914     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.66.5.633     Document Type: Article

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