Transient splenial lesion of the corpus callosum in H1N1 influenza virus-associated encephalitis/encephalopathy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 915-918

  Ito, Shinji ^a   Shima, Sayuri ^a   Ueda, Akihiro ^a   Kawamura, Naoki ^a   Asakura, Kunihiko ^a   Mutoh, Tatsuro ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DWI; Encephalitis; Encephalopathy; H1N1; Influenza; MRI

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OSELTAMIVIR; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CREATINE KINASE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 79955560081     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.4147     Document Type: Article

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