Acute transverse myelitis following Japanese encephalitis viral infection: An uncommon complication of a common disease

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Verma, Rajesh ^a   Praharaj, Heramba Narayan ^a   Patil, Tushar B ^a   Giri, Prithvi ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABDOMINAL REFLEX; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CREMASTERIC REFLEX; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; REFLEX; SIGNAL DETECTION; TENDON REFLEX; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE RETENTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 84870631582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007094     Document Type: Article

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