ZIKA vasculitis: A new cause of stroke in children?

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 383, Issue , 2017, Pages 211-213

  Landais, Anne ^a   Césaire, Audrey ^a   Fernandez, Manuel ^a   Breurec, Sébastien ^a,b,c   Herrmann, Cécile ^a   Delion, Fréderique ^a   Desprez, Philippe ^a  

^a University Hospital of Pointe à Pitre   (France)

^b Institut Pasteur de Guadeloupe   (Guadeloupe)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES   (France)

Author keywords

Child; Ischemic stroke; Vasculitis; Zika virus infection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DENGUE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULITIS; VIRAL TROPISM; VIRUS DETECTION; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS;

BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; STROKE; VASCULITIS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 85033222022     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.10.045     Document Type: Letter

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