Infectious myelopathies

CONTINUUM Lifelong Learning in Neurology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 761-775

  Berger, Joseph R ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ASPERGILLUS; BLASTOMYCES; BRAIN INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COCCIDIOIDES; DEFECATION DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; INFLUENZA; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MYCOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLIOMYELITIS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSTATE SURGERY; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA HEMATOBIUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SELF EVALUATION; SEROLOGY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWEATING; SYPHILIS; TABES DORSALIS; TUBERCULOSIS; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

EID: 80053899363     PISSN: 10802371     EISSN: 15386899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.CON.0000403794.13291.3d     Document Type: Review

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