A case of Borrelia brainstem encephalitis presenting with severe dysphagia

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 265-267

  Kawano, Yuji ^a   Shigeto, Hiroshi ^a   Shiraishi, Yoshimasa ^a   Ohyagi, Yasumasa ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Brainstem encephalitis; Dysphagia; Lyme disease

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BORRELIA BRAINSTEM ENCEPHALITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; HICCUP; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PTOSIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 77952132841     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.50.265     Document Type: Article

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