Post chicken pox neurological sequelae: Three distinct presentations

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 92-96

  Paul, Rudrajit ^a   Singhania, Pankaj ^a   Hashmi, M A ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Ramtanu ^a   Banerjee, Amit ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Chicken pox; meningitis; polyradiculoneuropathy; transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MEPREDNISONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHICKENPOX; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENINGITIS; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POLYRADICULONEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULITIS; SEROLOGY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST;

EID: 79953015191     PISSN: 09763147     EISSN: 09763155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-3147.71718     Document Type: Article

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