Transient parkinsonism in west nile virus encephalitis [4]

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 252-253

  Robinson, Robert L ^a   Shahida, Shubi ^a   Madan, Niti ^a   Rao, Suma ^a   Khardori, Nancy ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PUNCTURE; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE, POSTENCEPHALITIC; SPINAL PUNCTURE; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0041912473     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(03)00291-2     Document Type: Letter

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