A 16-year-old girl with bilateral visual loss and left hemiparesis following an immunization against human papilloma virus

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 321-327

  Dimario Jr , Francis J ^a,b   Hajjar, Mirna ^b   Ciesielski, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Divisions of Infectious Diseases Immunology and Excellence in Patient Safety and Clinical Quality   (United States)

^c HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Chiasm; Demyelination; HPV; Tumefactive

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; WART VIRUS VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; AFFERENT PUPILLARY DEFECT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC CHIASM; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VACCINATION REACTION; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NEURITIS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINES; PARESIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 77649244222     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809349322     Document Type: Article

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