Severe post-influenza (H1N1) encephalitis involving pulvinar nuclei in an adult patient

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Tomás, José ^a   Macário, Maria Carmo ^a   Gaspar, Elsa ^a   Santana, Isabel ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CEFTRIAXONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OSELTAMIVIR; PHENYTOIN;

ACUTE DISSEMINATED ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; BLINDNESS; COMPLICATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FATALITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); MOVEMENT DISORDERS; SEIZURES;

BLINDNESS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84951838741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2015-212667     Document Type: Article

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