Reversible Splenial Lesion in Influenza Virus Encephalopathy

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 431-434

  Matsubara, Kousaku ^a   Kodera, Misaki ^a   Nigami, Hiroyuki ^a   Yura, Kazuo ^a   Fukaya, Takashi ^a  

^a NISHI KOBE MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM SPLENIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; JAPAN; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMNOLENCE; SPLEEN DISEASE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZAVIRUS B; JAPAN;

EID: 36048982105     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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