Zoster paresis: Asymptomatic MRI lesions far beyond the site of rash and focal weakness

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 330, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 119-120

  Tsai, Jean ^a   Bert, Robert J ^a   Gilden, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Brachial plexus; MRI; Paresis; Spinal cord; Zoster

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VALACICLOVIR;

AGED; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL ZOSTER PARESIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; IRRADIATION; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RADICULOPATHY; RASH; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERUS SARCOMA; WEAKNESS;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; VALINE;

EID: 84878535541     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2013.04.009     Document Type: Article

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