A case of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis associated with hepatitis C virus infection

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 856-858

  Sim, Jae Eun ^a   Lee, Jun Bum ^a   Cho, Yu Na ^a   Suh, Sang Hyun ^b   Kim, Ja Kyung ^b   Lee, Kyung Yul ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis; Anti HCV antibody; Autoimmunity; Direct viral invasion; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; GADOLINIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER FIBROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEROID THERAPY; THALAMUS; THORACIC SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT DURATION;

ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84863112253     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2012.53.4.856     Document Type: Article

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