A case of hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by verotoxin producing enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (O157: H7) with prolonged cerebrovascular dysfunction

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 237-242

  Yaginuma, Masakimi ^a   Sazaki, Naoko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN BOKUTOH HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS); Plasma exchange; Prolonged cerebrovascular dysfunction; SPECT; Verotoxin producing enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (O157:H7)

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033942886     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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