Severe tick borne encephalitis with simultaneous brain stem, bithalamic, and spinal cord involvement documented by MRI

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-137

  Bender, Andreas ^a   Schulte Altedorneburg, G ^b   Walther, E U ^a   Pfister, H W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THALAMUS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; HUMANS; MALE; MYELITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 10944230803     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.040469     Document Type: Article

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