Tumefactive acute disseminated encephalomyelitis complicating human swine influenza (H1N1)

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 447-450

  Chan, Amanda C Y ^a   Ng, S H ^b  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OSELTAMIVIR; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLONIC SEIZURE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LUNG LAVAGE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; YOUNG ADULT; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; GENETICS; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84929918045     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12809/hkmj134049     Document Type: Article

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