Calgary experience with West Nile virus neurological syndrome during the late summer of 2003

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 194-203

  Sayao, Ana Luiza ^a   Suchowersky, Oksana ^b   Al Khathaami, Ali ^b   Klassen, Brian ^b   Katz, Nili R ^b   Sevick, Robert ^b   Tilley, Peter ^c   Fox, Julie ^c   Patry, David ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^d FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MALE; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 2642548426     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S031716710005383X     Document Type: Review

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