Case 1-2013: A 63-year-old man with paresthesias and difficulty swallowing

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-180

  Greer, David M ^a   Robbins, Gregory K ^b,c   Lijewski, Virginia ^d   Gonzales, R Gilberto ^b,c   McGuone, Declan ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETA INTERFERON; DILTIAZEM; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; DOXYCYCLINE; FUROSEMIDE; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IBUPROFEN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; KETAMINE; LORAZEPAM; METOPROLOL; MIDAZOLAM; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; OXYGEN; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; DELIRIUM TREMENS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIPHTHERIA; DIZZINESS; DRUG INTOXICATION; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPERVENTILATION; INTUBATION; LUNG EDEMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PARESTHESIA; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PTOSIS; QRS COMPLEX; RABIES; RABIES ENCEPHALITIS; RESTLESSNESS; SEDATION; TACHYCARDIA; TETANUS; TREMOR; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; ANIMAL; BAT; BITES AND STINGS; BRAIN; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BITES AND STINGS; BRAIN; CHIROPTERA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESTHESIA; RABIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872063698     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc1209935     Document Type: Article

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