Infection due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Three cases with neurological complications;Infección por Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Tres casos con complicaciones neurológicas

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1053-1056

  Cunha, J ^a   Madalena, C ^a   Guimaraes P ^a   Sousa, A ^a   Temudo, Teresa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cerebelitis; Children; Complications; Encephalomyelitis; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

CETIRIZINE; DEXAMETHASONE; PARACETAMOL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; PATHOLOGY; POSTVACCINAL ENCEPHALITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; MYELITIS, TRANSVERSE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 4243336008     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3411.2001499     Document Type: Article

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