Tick-borne encephalitis with polyradiculitis documented by MRI

Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1232-1233

  Pfefferkorn, T ^a   Feddersen, B ^a   Schulte Altedorneburg, G ^a   Linn, J ^a   Pfister, H W ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYRADICULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

BORRELIA; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; HUMANS; LYME NEUROBORRELIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYRADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 34247267044     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000259065.58968.10     Document Type: Article

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