An autopsy case of elderly-onset acute necrotizing encephalopathy secondary to influenza

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 129-130

  Ishii, Nobuyuki ^a   Mochizuki, Hitoshi ^a   Moriguchi Goto, Sayaka ^a   Shintaku, Masayuki ^b   Asada, Yujiro ^a   Taniguchi, Akitoshi ^a   Shiomi, Kazutaka ^a   Nakazato, Masamitsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute necrotizing encephalopathy; Autopsy; Influenza; Influenza associated encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LANINAMIVIR; PARACETAMOL; PERAMIVIR; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE BRAIN DISEASE; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ACUTE NECROTIZING ENCEPHALOPATHY; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CORNEA REFLEX; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA ASSOCIATED ENCEPHALOPATHY; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY TEST; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VERY ELDERLY; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; PATHOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MALE;

EID: 84937516262     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.04.051     Document Type: Letter

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