Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis temporally associated with Campylobacter gastroenteritis [5]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 792-793

  Orr, D ^a   McKendrick, M W ^a   Sharrack, B ^a  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; BRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 1942517793     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.013433     Document Type: Letter

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