Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis due to toxoplasmosis in an elderly patient;Encefalomielitis aguda diseminada por toxoplasmosis en un paciente de edad avanzada

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 445-447

  Jiménez Caballero, Pedro Enrique ^a   Serviá, Mónica ^a   Marsal Alonso, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 77951536623     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.5007.2009684     Document Type: Letter

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