MR findings of fulminent leukoencephalopathy in EBV-associated hemophagocytic syndrome

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 873-876

  Kim, Jinna ^a   Lee, Seung Koo ^a   Joo, Seung Ho ^a   Kim, Dong Ik ^a   Kim, Heung Dong ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Demyelinating disease; Epstein Barr virus infections; Histiocytosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Non Langerhans cell

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETOPOSIDE; GADOLINIUM; METHOTREXATE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

EID: 33845951840     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2006.47.6.873     Document Type: Article

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