Acute transient pseudoatrophy of the brain accompanying measles infection

Brain and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 193-195

  Adachi, Kaori ^a   Utsumi, Yuuji ^b   Kanaya, Atsuko ^b   Kimura, Seiji ^a  

^a Division of Pediatric Neurology   (Japan)

^b FUJISAWA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain atrophy; Encephalopathy; Measles; Neopterin

Indexed keywords

NEOPTERIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MEASLES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034709398     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0387-7604(00)00100-5     Document Type: Article

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