Hepatitis-E virus associated neuralgic amyotrophy with sustained plexus brachialis swelling visualized by high-resolution ultrasound

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 351, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 208-210

  Décard, Bernhard F ^a   Grimm, Alexander ^a   Andelova, Michaela ^a   Deman, Anna ^a   Banderet, Bettina ^a   Garcia, Meritxell ^a   Fuhr, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hepatitis E virus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nerve ultrasound; Neuralgic amyotrophy

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORTICOSTEROID; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; DELTOID MUSCLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER GIRDLE; SHOULDER PAIN; SWELLING; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; COMPLICATION; HEPATITIS; PATHOGENICITY;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEURITIS; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84926420383     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.03.003     Document Type: Letter

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