Longitudinally disseminated spinal cord lesions (moth-eaten appearance) in varicella-zoster myelitis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 2059-2060

  Tajima, Yasutaka ^a   Mito, Yasunori ^a  

^a SAPPORO CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

MRI; Myelitis; Varicella zoster

Indexed keywords

VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ARM WEAKNESS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYELITIS; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; RASH; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD LESION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DNA, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELITIS;

EID: 80052865393     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5786     Document Type: Note

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