Severe ataxia as a complication of human parvovirus B19 acute encephalitis in a child

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1078-1080

  Greco, Filippo ^a   Barbagallo, Maria Luisa ^a   Chiodo, Danilo Castellano ^a   Guglielmino, Rosanna ^a   Sorge, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Encephalitis; Immunoglobulins; Parvovirus B19

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOREFLEXIA; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARVOVIRUS; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ATAXIA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; RNA, VIRAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 50549090384     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808315420     Document Type: Article

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