A case of hypertrophic pachymeningitis with prolonged headache, attributable to Epstein-Barr virus

Headache

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 620-622

  Okuma, Hirohisa ^a,b   Kobori, Satoko ^a   Shinohara, Yukito ^a   Takagi, Shigeharu ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus; Hypertrophic pachymeningitis; Prolonged headache

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VIRUS CAPSID ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADULT; DURA MATER; HEADACHE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGITIS;

EID: 34247199948     PISSN: 00178748     EISSN: 15264610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4610.2007.00763_4.x     Document Type: Article

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