Varicella zoster infection of the brainstem followed by brown-siquard syndrome

Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 1874-

  Mathews, Marlon S ^a   Sorkin, Grant C ^a   Brant Zawadzki, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Hoag Memorial Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; BROWN SEQUARD SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; HEMIPARESIS; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TINGLING; SPINAL CORD INFECTION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VASCULITIS; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY;

AGED; BRAIN STEM; BROWN-SEQUARD SYNDROME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VARICELLA ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER OPHTHALMICUS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 67649198817     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181a7117a     Document Type: Article

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