Myeloradiculopathy associated with chikungunya virus infection

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 125-128

  Bank, Anna M ^a,b,c   Batra, Ayush ^a,b,c   Colorado, Rene A ^a,b,c   Lyons, Jennifer L ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chikungunya; Infectious myelopathy; Myelopathy; Viral myelopathy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHIKUNGUNYA; CONUS MEDULLARIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIMB WEAKNESS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIDDLE AGED; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLIOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETURN TO WORK; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEROLOGY; TRAVEL; UMBILICUS; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; COMPLICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; NEURALGIA; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957844552     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: 15382443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13365-015-0372-9     Document Type: Article

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