Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following Plasmodium vivax malaria

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 254-256

  Koibuchi, Tomohiko ^a   Nakamura, Tetsuya ^a   Miura, Toshiyuki ^a   Endo, Tokiomi ^a   Nakamura, Hitomi ^a   Takahashi, Takashi ^a   Kim, Hye Sook ^b   Wataya, Yusuke ^b   Washizaki, Kazushige ^c   Yoshikawa, Kouki ^a   Iwamoto, Aikichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sannou Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Cerebral malaria; Magnetic resonance images

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALARIA; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; STEROID THERAPY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0142090136     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-003-0244-8     Document Type: Article

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