Basal ganglia involvement in a child with cat-scratch disease

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 931-933

  Anbu, Anbarasu Theodore ^a   Foulerton, Mark ^a   McMaster, Paddy ^a   Bakalinova, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cat scratch disease; Choreoathetosis; Encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; TETRABENAZINE;

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHOREOATHETOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS;

BASAL GANGLIA; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0142025396     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000091384.09278.7d     Document Type: Article

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