Scrub typhus-associated acute disseminated encephalomyelitis

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 251-254

  Chen, Pei Hao ^a   Hung, Kuo Hua ^a   Cheng, Shih Jung ^a   Hsu, Kuang Nan ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Orientia tsutsugamushi; Postinfectious encephalitis; Scrub typhus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; MINOCYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONVULSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEVER; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGISM; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTINFECTION ENCEPHALITIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SCRUB TYPHUS; STUPOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SCRUB TYPHUS;

EID: 33845949178     PISSN: 10196099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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