Diplopia: A focal neurologic presentation of West Nile meningoencephalitis

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 413-416

  Miller, Adam Howard ^a,b   Liang, Ivan En How ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PARKLAND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS MENINGITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 0042324654     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(03)00507-9     Document Type: Article

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