Two cases of tetanus?

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 364-368

  Horn, Janneke ^a,b   Vroom, Margreeth B ^a   Tijssen, Marina A J ^a   Schultz, Marcus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Encephalomyelitis with rigidity and myoclonus; Limbic encephalitis; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CORTICOSTEROID; DANTROLENE; MAGNESIUM; METRONIDAZOLE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; PENICILLIN G; SEDATIVE AGENT; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETANUS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYOCLONUS; PROGNOSIS; TETANUS;

EID: 33750524599     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066606293365     Document Type: Article

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