Rare presentation of BK encephalitis in a child: Imaging and pathological findings

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1145-1148

  Green, Jared ^a   Saigal, Gaurav ^a   Rojas, Claudia P ^a   Judith Donovan Post, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BK; Encephalitis; MRI

Indexed keywords

CIDOFOVIR; TACROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BK VIRUS INFECTION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLURRED SPEECH; STRIDOR; THALAMUS;

BK VIRUS; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 84866734977     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-012-2369-3     Document Type: Article

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