Unusual case of tick borne encephalitis with isolated myeloradiculitis [5]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 909-910

  Fauser, Susanne ^a   Stich, Oliver ^a   Rauer, Sebastian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYELITIS; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

ADULT; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MYELITIS; PARESIS;

EID: 34547618259     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.110882     Document Type: Letter

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