Peripheral nerve palsy in a case of leptospirosis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 701-703

  de Souza, Alexandre Leite ^a   Sztajnbok, Jaques ^a   Spichler, Anne ^a   Carvalho, Solyon Maia ^a   de Oliveira, Augusto César Penalva ^a   Seguro, Antonio Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INFECTOLOGIA EMÍLIO RIBAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Leptospirosis; Nerve palsy; Neurological disturbances; Neuropathy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISONE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MONONEUROPATHY MULTIPLEX; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PERONEUS NERVE; PERONEUS NERVE PARALYSIS; REINNERVATION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SURAL NERVE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LEG; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERONEAL NEUROPATHIES;

LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS;

EID: 33646194001     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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