Bilateral middle cerebral artery infarctions following mild varicella infection: A case report

Brain and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 86-89

  Okanishi, Tohru ^a,b   Kondo, Akiko ^a   Inoue, Takehiko ^a   Maegaki, Yoshihiro ^a   Ohno, Kousaku ^a   Togari, Hajime ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral lesions; Brain infarction; Middle cerebral artery; PCR; Vasculopathy; VZV

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; NORPHENAZONE; VIRUS DNA;

APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD; DNA DETERMINATION; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DISORDER; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIPYRINE; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHICKENPOX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57349106521     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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