Magnetic resonance imaging findings in Guillain-Barré syndrome caused by Zika virus infection

Neuroradiology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 837-838

  Fontes, Cristina Asvolinsque Pantaleão ^a   dos Santos, Alair Augusto S M Damas ^a   Marchiori, Edson ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONUS MEDULLARIS; DISEASE DURATION; DORSAL ROOT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LETTER; LUMBAR SPINE; MIDDLE AGED; MYALGIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SPINAL GANGLION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VENTRAL ROOT; WALKING DIFFICULTY; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS;

EID: 84962822297     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-016-1687-9     Document Type: Letter

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