Multiple cranial nerve palsies as a complication of infectious mononucleosis due to inflammatory lesion in jugular foramen

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 340-342

  Joki Erkkilä, Veli Pekka ^a,b   Hietaharju, Aki ^a   Dastidar, Prasun ^a   Numminen, Jura ^a   Puhakka, Heikki ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 0034058211     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940010900319     Document Type: Article

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