Brain stem encephalitis in listeriosis

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 190-194

  Antal, Ellen Ann ^a   Dietrichs, Espen ^b   Løberg, Else Marit ^a   Melby, Kjetil Klaveness ^a   Mæhlen, Jan ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

EID: 14944363262     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410020938     Document Type: Article

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