Electroencephalography Findings in Adult Patients with West Nile Virus-Associated Meningitis and Meningoencephalitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1573-1578

  Gandelman Marton, R ^a,b   Kimiagar, I ^a,b   Itzhaki, A ^a,b   Klein, C ^a   Theitler, J ^a,b   Rabey, J M ^a,b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIRUS MENINGITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 0344688276     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379516     Document Type: Article

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