Fulminant acute disseminated encephalomyelitis mimicking acute bacterial menigoencephalitis

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-69

  Harloff, Andreas ^a   Rauer, S ^a   Hofer, M ^a   Klisch, J ^a   Els, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Fulminant; Herniation; Hypothermia

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 12744262873     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2004.01015.x     Document Type: Article

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