Post-dengue neuromyelitis optica: Case report of a Japanese-descendent Brazilian child

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 396-398

  Miranda De Sousa, Adriano ^a,b   Puccioni Sohler, Marzia ^b   Dias Borges, Adalto ^c   Fernandes Adorno, Lhano ^c   Papais Alvarenga, Marcos ^b   Papais Alvarenga, Regina Maria ^b,d  

^a Centro de Neurologia e Reabilitação de Rondônia   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Hospital de Olhos de Porto Velho   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Dengue; Neuromyelitis optica

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD; TROPICS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 33846447126     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-006-0475-6     Document Type: Article

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