Neurological manifestation of tick-borne encephalitis in North-Eastern Italy

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-124

  Cruciatti, B ^a   Beltrame, A ^b   Ruscio, M ^c   Viale, P ^b   Gigli, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c Hospital of S Daniele   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Meningoencephalitis; Meningoencephalomyelitis; TBE; Tick

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; CONVULSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; ITALY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTONEURON; MYALGIA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARALYSIS; PARESIS; PREVALENCE; THETA RHYTHM; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; WEAKNESS; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ITALY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745633886     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-006-0612-0     Document Type: Article

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