West Nile virus encephalitis induced opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome
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West Nile Virus Encephalitis Induced Opsoclonus-Myoclonus Syndrome
West Nile virus (WNV) is an arthropod borne neurotropic single stranded RNA flavivirus with <1% developing presenting with neurological disease. Immunocompromised and elderly patients are more prone to developing WNV meningitis or encephalitis. Definitive diagnosis of WNV meningoencephalitis is a combination of clinical suspicion and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) serology. Forty-eight year old Cauc...
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurology International
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2035-8377,2035-8385
DOI: 10.4081/ni.2014.5359