Periodic myoclonus due to cytomegalovirus encephalitis in a patient with Good syndrome

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 277-279

  Striano, Pasquale ^a,b   Tortora, Fabio ^a   Evoli, Amelia ^c   Palmieri, Giovannella ^a   Elefante, Andrea ^a   Zara, Federico ^b   Tarr, Philip E ^d   Striano, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; GOOD SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MYOCLONUS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THYMOMA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS STRAIN;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; PERIODICITY;

EID: 33846941935     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.64.2.277     Document Type: Article

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