Posterior horn varicella-zoster virus myelitis [7]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 400-401

  Toledano, R ^a   Lopez Sendon J ^a   Gilo, F ^a   Riva, E ^a   Martinez San Millan J ^a   Masjuan J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RASH; SKIN TINGLING; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINE INJURY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VESICULAR RASH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELITIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33947189059     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0393-7     Document Type: Letter

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