Guillain-Barré syndrome with optic neuritis and a focal lesion in the central white matter following Epstein-Barr virus infection

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1539-1542

  An, Jae Young ^a   Yoon, Bora ^a   Kim, Joong Seok ^a   Song, In Uk ^a   Lee, Kwang Soo ^a   Kim, Yeong In ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Central white matter; Epstein Barr virus; Guillain Barr syndrome; Optic neuritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL WHITE MATTER LESION; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NEURITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOM; VIRUS INFECTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; OPTIC NEURITIS; PARESIS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 56349125597     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1224     Document Type: Article

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