Hyperintense lesion in the corpus callosum associated with Puumala hantavirus infection

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1742-1745

  Steiner, Thorsten ^a   Ettinger, Jakob ^b   Peng, Zhongying ^c   Hofmann, Jörg ^b   Hartmann, Marius ^d   Burkhardt, Ulrich ^c   Schnitzler, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d HELIOS KLINIKUM BERLIN BUCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GERMANY; HANTAVIRUS INFECTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUUMALA VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER WITH RENAL SYNDROME; HUMANS; MICE; PUUMALA VIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84867328206     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6437-2     Document Type: Letter

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