Hepatitis E virus infection as a direct cause of neuralgic amyotrophy

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 325-327

  Silva, Mauro ^a   Wicki, Benoît ^a   Tsouni, Pinelopi ^a   Cunningham, Sophie ^a   Doerig, Christopher ^a   Zanetti, Giorgio ^a   Aubert, Vincent ^a   Sahli, Roland ^a   Moradpour, Darius ^a   Kuntzer, Thierry ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

acute cervical radiculoplexopathy; anti HEV antibody; HEV RNA; intravenous immunoglobulins; neuralgic amyotrophy

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CEFTRIAXONE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEPATITIS E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARACETAMOL; PREGABALIN; TRAMADOL; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS E; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; HYPESTHESIA; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LEG PAIN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; UPPER LIMB; VIRUS LOAD; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84978859504     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.25096     Document Type: Article

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