Herpes zoster cervical myelitis in a young adult

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 605-610

  Lee, Cheng Chia ^a,b   Wu, Jau Ching ^a,b   Huang, Wen Cheng ^a,b   Shih, Yang Hsin ^a   Cheng, Henrich ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Herpes zoster; Immunocompetent; Myelitis; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MYELITIS;

EID: 78549255882     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1726-4901(10)70132-5     Document Type: Article

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