HSV-2 sacral radiculitis (Elsberg syndrome)

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 758-759

  Eberhardt, O ^a   Kuker W ^a   Dichgans, J ^a   Weller, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANALGESIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; VIDARABINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELSBERG SYNDROME; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULITIS; SACRUM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL GANGLION; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 4143071378     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000134652.51657.10     Document Type: Article

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