Varicella zoster virus-associated polyradiculoneuritis

Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 1334-1335

  Cortese, A ^a   Tavazzi, E ^a   Delbue, S ^a   Alfonsi, E ^b   Pichiecchio, A ^d,e   Ceroni, M ^a   Ferrante, P ^c   Marchioni, E ^a  

^a C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Clinical Neurophysiology Unit

^c Unit of Neuroradiology

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e San Giuseppe Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLACCID PARALYSIS; HEPATITIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; MALE; NEURITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULIN TEST; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

AGED; DNA, VIRAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; SPINAL CORD; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72249105295     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181bd13b3     Document Type: Article

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