Parkinsonism and neurological manifestations of influenza throughout the 20th and 21st centuries

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 566-571

  Henry, Julia ^a   Smeyne, Richard J ^b   Jang, Haeman ^b   Miller, Bayard ^a   Okun, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Complications; Flu; Influenza; Neurological; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIRIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A (H5N1); MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PANDEMICS; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS;

EID: 77958152812     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2010.06.012     Document Type: Review

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