West Nile virus presenting as opsoclonus-myoclonus cerebellar ataxia

Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1095-

  Khosla, Jaswinder S ^a   Edelman, Martin J ^a   Kennedy, Nancy ^a   Reich, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPSOCLONUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 15244353803     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000154469.27522.EC     Document Type: Article

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