Zika virus infection and myasthenia gravis: Report of 2 cases

Neurology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1097-1098

  Molko, Nicolas ^a   Simon, Olivier ^a   Guyon, David ^a   Biron, Antoine ^b   Dupont Rouzeyrol, Myrielle ^b   Gourinat, Ann Claire ^b  

^a Territorial Hospital   (Canada)

^b Institut Pasteur de Nouvelle Caledonie Noumea   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; PYRIDOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; AREFLEXIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DIPLOPIA; DYSPNEA; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELAPSE; REMISSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SHORT SURVEY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; ZIKA FEVER; COMPLICATION; VIROLOGY;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85015254116     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000003697     Document Type: Short Survey

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