Atypical rabies with MRI findings: Clue to the diagnosis

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Vaish, Arvind Kumar ^a   Jain, Nirdesh ^a   Gupta, Lokesh Kumar ^a   Verma, Sudhir Kumar ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RABIES; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URINE RETENTION;

EID: 79960235193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.05.2011.4234     Document Type: Article

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