Acute encephalomyelitis syndromes associated with H1N1 09 influenza vaccination

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 2246-2248

  Denholm, J T ^a,b   Neal, A ^a   Yan, B ^a,b   Petty, S ^b,c   Knox, J ^c   French, C ^a,b   Marshall, C ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Western Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PANVAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINE; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSMETRIA; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; LIMB WEAKNESS; LUMBAR SPINE; MYOCLONUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPSOCLONUS MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; PARESTHESIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; THORACIC SPINE; TREMOR; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 78650807141     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182020307     Document Type: Article

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