A case of ADEM following chikungunya fever

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 62, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages 441-442

  Maity, Pranab ^a   Roy, Pinaki ^b   Basu, Arindam ^b   Das, Biman ^b   Ghosh, U S ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^c NORTH BENGAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PREDNISOLONE; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84899953200     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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