A case of Powassan viral hemorrhagic encephalitis involving bilateral thalami

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 172-175

  Choi, Ellie Eun Ju ^a   Taylor, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemorrhagic encephalitis; Powassan; Thalamic lesion

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MYALGIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POWASSAN VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC ENCEPHALITIS; RASH; THALAMUS; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84856416492     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: 18726968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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