Biphasic demyelination of the nervous system following anti-rabies vaccination

Neurology India

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 106-108

  Kulkarni, V ^a,b   Nadgir, D ^a   Tapiawala, S ^a   Malabari, A ^a   Kalgikar, A ^a   Kela, R ^a   Nadkar, M ^a   Kamath, S ^a   Shah, A ^a  

^a BYL NAIR CHARITABLE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b 7 Shefalee   (India)

Author keywords

Anti rabies vaccine; Encephalomyelitis; Multiple sclerosis; Retrobulbar neuritis

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RABIES VACCINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPTIC NEURITIS; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; VACCINATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SPINE;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RABIES VACCINES; SPINE; VACCINATION;

EID: 16544384621     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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