An elderly patient with Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis and transient episodes of brainstem dysfunction

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 821-824

  Roos, Raymond P ^a   Soliven, Betty ^a   Goldenberg, Fernando ^a   Badruddin, Aamir ^a   Baron, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; HALOPERIDOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE SODIUM SUCCINATE; MIDAZOLAM; MOXIFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BICKERSTAFF BRAINSTEM ENCEPHALITIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN STEM; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHYLPREDNISOLONE HEMISUCCINATE; PREDNISONE; SYNDROME;

EID: 45149096237     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.65.6.821     Document Type: Article

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