Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis following filarial infection

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-349

  Paliwal, Vimal K ^a   Goel, G ^a   Vema, R ^a   Pradhan, S ^a   Gupta, R K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT; ARM SWELLING; CASE REPORT; DISORIENTATION; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM HELMINTHIASIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 84857062133     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2011-300007     Document Type: Letter

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