Striatal encephalitis after varicella zoster infection complicated by Tourettism

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1554-1556

  Dale, Russell C ^a,b   Church, Andrew J ^b   Heyman, Isobel ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention deficit hyperactivity; Basal ganglia; Tourette syndrome

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 0345770244     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10610     Document Type: Article

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