Acute measles encephalitis in adults [7]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-124

  Baba, Yasuhiko ^a   Tsuboi, Yoshio ^b   Inoue, Hirosato ^c   Yamada, Tatsuo ^b   Wszolek, Zbigniew K ^a   Broderick, Daniel F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kawanami Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE MEASLES ENCEPHALITIS; ADULT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEASLES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEASLES;

EID: 31544445824     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0923-8     Document Type: Letter

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