Central nervous system-related symptoms and findings are common in acute Puumala hantavirus infection

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 344-351

  Hautala, Timo ^a,b   Mhnen, Saara Mari ^b   Sironen, Tarja ^c   Hautala, Nina ^a   Pääkkö, Eija ^a   Karttunen, Ari ^a   Salmela, Pasi I ^a   Ilonen, Jorma ^d,e   Vainio, Olli ^a,b   Glumoff, Virpi ^b   Rytky, Seppo ^a   Plyusnin, Alexander ^c   Vaheri, Antti ^c   Vapalahti, Olli ^c   Kauma, Heikki ^a  

^a OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hantavirus; Nephropathia epidemica; Pituitary injury

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQ2 ANTIGEN; HLA DQ6 ANTIGEN; HLA DR15 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DELTA RHYTHM; DIZZINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HAPLOTYPE; HEADACHE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS APOPLEXY; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PUUMALA VIRUS; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

ADULT; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUUMALA VIRUS;

EID: 77953598002     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2010.480979     Document Type: Article

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