Lethal encephalitis caused by the Toscana virus in an elderly patient

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 175-177

  Bartels, Susanne ^a   De Boni, Laura ^b   Kretzschmar, Hans A ^b   Heckmann, Josef G ^a  

^a Klinikum Landshut   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; AGITATION; ARBOVIRUS; BALANCE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; SEROLOGY; TOSCANA VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

AGED; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BUNYAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856703340     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6121-y     Document Type: Letter

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