Recurrent expressive aphasia as a presentation of cat-scratch encephalopathy

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Fox, James W ^a   Studley, Joanna K ^b   Cohen, Daniel M ^b  

^a AKRON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella henselae; Cat scratch disease; Differential diagnosis; Encephalopathy; Expressive aphasia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LORAZEPAM; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CAT SCRATCH DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; APHASIA, BROCA; AZITHROMYCIN; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947163253     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-1885     Document Type: Article

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