Neurologic outcome of acute measles encephalitis according to the MRI patterns

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 281-284

  Kim, Sun Jun ^a   Kim, Jung Soo ^a   Lee, Dae Yeol ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEASLES ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN PERFUSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEASLES; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SERUM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0038013719     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(02)00622-7     Document Type: Article

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