Acute transverse myelitis and Guillain-Barre overlap syndrome following influenza infection

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 744-746

  Tripp, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN; VENLAFAXINE;

ACHILLES REFLEX; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LETTER; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MYELITIS; NEURITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX DISORDER; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 54349107200     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1092852900013845     Document Type: Letter

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