Abducent nerve palsy during treatment of brucellosis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 218-220

  Yilmaz, Mesut ^a   Ozaras, Resat ^a   Mert, Ali ^a   Ozturk, Recep ^a   Tabak, Fehmi ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abducent nerve palsy; Neurobrucellosis; Pseudotumor cerebri

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHEESE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MILK; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0038351833     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(03)00008-8     Document Type: Article

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