A cluster of transverse myelitis following dengue virus infection in the Brazilian Amazon region

Tropical Medicine and Health

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 115-120

  de Sousa, Adriano Miranda ^a   Alvarenga, Marina Papais ^a   Alvarenga, Regina Maria Papais ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dengue; Transverse myelitis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS 3; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 84908030398     PISSN: 13488945     EISSN: 13494147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2149/tmh.2014-06     Document Type: Article

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