Adult opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome following mycoplasma pneumoniae infection with dramatic response to plasmapheresis

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-138

  Mesraoua, Boulenouar ^a   Abbas, Mushtak ^a   D'Souza, Atlantic ^a   Miyares, Francisco Ruiz ^a   Hashem, Mohamed ^a   Osman, Yasser ^a   Deleu, Dirk ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Mycoplasma pneumoniae; Myoclonus; Opsoclonus; Parainfectious; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIA; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPSOCLONUS MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; PLASMAPHERESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79959392167     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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