Childhood chorea-encephalopathy and unremarkable MRI: An association suggesting parvovirus B19 infection

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 759-761

  Grillo, Eugênio ^a   Da Silva, Ronaldo J M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL JOANA DE GUSMÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GLUCOSE; HALOPERIDOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; VALPROIC ACID; VIRUS DNA;

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHOREA; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIARRHEA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IRRITABILITY; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARVOVIRUS; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; VOMITING;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHOREA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN;

EID: 68549094539     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03388.x     Document Type: Letter

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