Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis with atypical features

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-57

  Catalan, Mauro ^a   Naccarato, Marcello ^a   Grandi, Fabio Chiodo ^a   Capozzoli, Francesca ^a   Koscica, Nadia ^a   Pizzolato, Gilberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis (AHL); CSF; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Plasmapheresis; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AGGLUTININ; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PARIETAL LOBE; PLASMAPHERESIS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACYCLOVIR; ATAXIA; BRAIN; BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMAPHERESIS; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60449096744     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-008-0003-9     Document Type: Article

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