A young man with rapidly progressive multifocal disease affecting the white matter

Practical Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 172-181

  Hilton Jones, David ^a   Ironside, James W ^b   Simpson, David J ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMLODIPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ENALAPRIL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FATALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION ENCEPHALOPATHY; LABORATORY TEST; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE SPASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REFLEX DISORDER; SPEECH DISORDER; URINE INCONTINENCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULITIS, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 34249890521     PISSN: 14747758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2007.120253     Document Type: Article

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