Influenza-associated encephalitis/encephalopathy with a reversible lesion in the splenium of the corpus callosum: A case report and literature review

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 798-802

  Takanashi, Jun Ichi ^a   Barkovich, A James ^b   Yamaguchi, Ken Ichi ^a   Kohno, Yoichi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA ASSOCIATED ENCEPHALITIS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; THROAT CULTURE;

CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE;

EID: 2442681956     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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