Measles-induced encephalitis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 177-182

  Fisher, D L ^a   Defres, S ^b   Solomon, T ^b,c,d  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging and Zoonotic Infections   (United Kingdom)

^d WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEASLES VACCINE; METHISOPRINOL; RIBAVIRIN;

BRAIN BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MEASLES; MEASLES INCLUSION BODY ENCEPHALITIS; MEASLES INDUCED ENCEPHALITIS; MEASLES LIKE RASH; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; ACUTE DISEASE; HERD IMMUNITY; INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HERD; INFECTIOUS ENCEPHALITIS; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 84924444071     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcu113     Document Type: Review

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