A case of enteroviral meningoencephalitis presenting as rapidly progressive dementia

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 399-403

  Valcour, Victor ^a   Haman, Aissa ^a   Cornes, Susannah ^a   Lawall, Carson ^a   Parsa, Andrew T ^b   Glaser, Carol ^c   Yagi, Shigeo ^c   Tihan, Tarik ^a   Bhatnagar, Julu ^d   Geschwind, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VIRAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASE LABORATORY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; AMLODIPINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IRBESARTAN; STEROID; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; DISORIENTATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENTEROVIRUS MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; FEVER; GOUT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT FEVER; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 48949116949     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0804     Document Type: Article

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