Neuralgic amyotrophy and hepatitis E virus infection

Neurology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 498-503

  Van Eijk, Jeroen J J ^a,b   Madden, Richie G ^c,f   Van Der Eijk, Annemiek A ^h   Hunter, Jeremy G ^c,f   Reimerink, Johan H J ^g   Bendall, Richard P ^d,f   Pas, Suzan D ^h   Ellis, Vic ^d   Van Alfen, Nens ^a   Beynon, Laura ^c,f   Southwell, Lucy ^c   McLean, Brendan ^e   Jacobs, Bart C ^i,j   Van Engelen, Baziel G M ^a   Dalton, Harry R ^c,f  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Cornwall Gastrointestinal Unit ^*  (Netherlands)

^d Clinical Microbiology   (Netherlands)

^e ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^h Departments of Viroscience   (Japan)

ⁱ Departments of Immunology   (Japan)

^j ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, VIRAL; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895742630     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000112     Document Type: Article

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