Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis associated with typhoid fever.
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A 14 year old boy developed the syndrome of Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis during the course of bacteriologically proved typhoid fever. The clinical course and the results of various neurological investigations are detailed. This report adds a further manifestation to the published neuropsychiatric complications of typhoid fever.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 67 793 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991