Paralytic rabies: MRI findings and review of literature

Neurology India

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 662-664

  Kalita, Jayantee ^a   Bhoi, Sanjeev K ^a   Bastia, Jogendra K ^a   Lashkar, Sangmitra ^a   Mahadevan, Anita ^a   Misra, Usha K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Hypothalamus; Hypothalamus paralytic; MRI; Rabies; Skin biopsy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RABIES VACCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYTIC RABIES; QUADRIPLEGIA; RABIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SPINAL CORD; ADOLESCENT; COMPLICATION; FATALITY; PARALYSIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARALYSIS; RABIES;

EID: 84921967355     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.149394     Document Type: Article

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