Acute ataxic neuropathy associated with hepatitis E virus infection

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 464-465

  Bruffaerts, Rose ^a   Yuki, Nobuhiro ^b   Damme, Philip Van ^a   Moortele, Mart Van De ^a   Wautier, Magali ^c   Lagrou, Katrien ^a   Nevens, Frederik ^a   Schrooten, Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Scientific Institute of Public Health   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ATAXIC NEUROPATHY; ADULT; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HEPATITIS E; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHY; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPLICATION; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ATAXIA; HEPATITIS E; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SYNDROME;

EID: 84938951293     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24676     Document Type: Letter

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