Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease associated with brainstem encephalitis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 593-595

  Hashimoto, Takao ^a   Takizawa, Hotake ^a   Yukimura, Kimie ^a   Ohta, Kouichi ^b  

^a Specified Medical Corporation Jisenkai Aizawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b MATSUMOTO DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain stem encephalitis; Corticosteroid; MRI; Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; GADOLINIUM; HLA B51 ANTIGEN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSARTHRIA; ENCEPHALITIS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UVEITIS; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN STEM; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

EID: 61449155317     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.05.029     Document Type: Article

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