Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood associated with influenza type B virus infection in a 3-year-old girl

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-67

  Huang, Shih Ming ^a   Chen, Chu Chin ^a   Chiu, Pao Chin ^a   Cheng, Ming Feng ^a   Lai, Ping Hong ^a   Hsieh, Kai Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTIZOXIME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PENICILLIN G;

BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPYREXIA; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; JAPAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TYPING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 1542708371     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738040190010709     Document Type: Review

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