Neuropathology of the brain and spinal cord in human West Nile virus infection

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 59-61

  Bouffard, J P ^a   Riudavets, M A ^a   Holman, R ^b   Rushing, E J ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Guillain Barr ; Poliomyelitis; Polyneuropathy; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEG; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MENINX; MICROGLIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYELITIS; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 1642334598     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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