Neurological complications of the mediterranean spotted fever. Case report presenting an acute encephalo-meningomyelitis and literature review;Complicaciones neurologicas de la fiebre botonosa mediterranea. Presentacion de un caso de encefalomeaningomielitis aguda y revision de la literatura

Neurologia

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-42

  Ezpeleta, D ^a   Munoz Blanco J L ^a   Tabernero, C ^a   Gimenez Roldan S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean spotted fever; Neurological complications; Rickettsia conorii; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATHOGENESIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SERODIAGNOSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SYSTEMIC VASCULITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD; BRAIN; CELIAC DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; SKIN; VASCULARIZATION; VASCULITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; BOUTONNEUSE FEVER; BRAIN; CELIAC DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPOTENSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PARAPLEGIA; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RICKETTSIA CONORII; SKIN; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0344699431     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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