Stimulus-sensitive myoclonus and cerebellar ataxia following chikungunya meningoencephalitis

Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 727-729

  Kalita, J ^a   Kumar, P ^a   Misra, U K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cerebellar ataxia; Chikungunya; Meningoencephalitis; Movement disorder; Myoclonus

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VALPROATE SEMISODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHIKUNGUNYA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYOCLONUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STIMULUS SENSITIVE MYOCLONUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADULT; ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEAD; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYOCLONUS;

EID: 84878825864     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-013-0406-2     Document Type: Article

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