Elevated cerebrospinal fluid IgG index in acute cerebellitis presenting with sudden onset headache

Neurology Asia

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-213

  Lee, Kyung Yeon ^a   Lee, Kun Soo ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MANNITOL; MEASLES ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ACUTE CEREBELLITIS; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID IGG INDEX; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIPLOPIA; ERYTHROCYTE; FEVER; GAIT DISORDER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 84904306005     PISSN: 18236138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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