An unusual case of insomnia associated with Whipple encephalopathy: First case reported from Greece

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 174-177

  Papadopoulou, Mar ^a   Rentzos, M ^a   Vagiakis, E ^a   Zouvelou, V ^a   Potagas, C ^a   Bonakis, A ^a   Chatzipanagiotou, S ^a   Ioannidis, A ^a   Nicolaou, C ^a   Vassilopoulos, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Insomnia; PCR; Whipple encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GLOBULIN; OLANZAPINE; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FECES ANALYSIS; GREECE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS DISEASE; INSOMNIA; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; TROPHERYMA WHIPPELII; WHIPPLE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; CARBAMAZEPINE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHIPPLE DISEASE;

EID: 23944520633     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-005-0457-y     Document Type: Article

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