Electroencephalographic characteristics of patients infected with West Nile virus

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 386-389

  Rodriguez, Alcibiades J ^a   Westmoreland, Barbara F ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Electroencephalography; West Nile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METABOLIC DISORDER; VIRUS INFECTION; WAVEFORM; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 34948820168     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31814934ad     Document Type: Article

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