Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and varicella-zoster infection

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 520-521

  Machado, Célia ^a   Amorim, José ^a   Rocha, Jaime ^a   Pereira, João ^a   Lourenço, Esmeralda ^a   Pinho, João ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE BRAGA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; CLONAZEPAM; CLOPIDOGREL; GABAPENTIN; LEVOTHYROXINE; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; ZOLPIDEM;

AGED; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHOREA; DYSARTHRIA; DYSMETRIA; ERYTHEMA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MENINGOMYELORADICULITIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA SPECTRUM DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULITIS; SCHIRMER TEST; SEROLOGY; SPINAL CORD; STEROID THERAPY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS MENINGITIS; XEROSTOMIA; COMPLICATION; MYELITIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; RADICULOPATHY; VIROLOGY;

AGED; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MYELITIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 84956725449     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.09.374     Document Type: Letter

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