Urinary retention as an initial symptom of acute meningo-encephalo- radiculitis in epstein-barr virus infection

Yonago Acta Medica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 83-88

  Asai, Yasumasa ^a   Fujita, Ryosuke ^a   Nakayasu, Hiroyuki ^a   Suzuki, Kaori ^a   Kaneto, Taizo ^b   Nakashima, Kenji ^c  

^a TOTTORI PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b National Tottori Medical Center   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalitis; Guillain Barr syndrome; Meningo encephaloradiculitis; Urinary retention

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VIDARABINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; RADICULITIS; TONIC SEIZURE; URINE RETENTION; VIRUS INFECTION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 56049100534     PISSN: 05135710     EISSN: 13468049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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