Case report: Magnetic resonance imaging in rabies encephalitis

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 301-304

  Rao, Arekapudi Subramanyeswara ^a   Varma, Dandu Ravi ^a   Chalapathi Rao, Mamidi Venkata ^a   Mohandas, Surat ^a  

^a KRISHNA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Encephalitis. MRI; Rabies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; IRRITABILITY; MALAISE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; RABIES ENCEPHALITIS; SEIZURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 71049176954     PISSN: 09713026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-3026.57214     Document Type: Article

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