Literature DB >> 10563641

Bilateral substantia nigra changes on MRI in a patient with encephalitis lethargica.

L N Kun1, S Y Yian, L S Haur, H Tjia.   

Abstract

A 33-year-old woman admitted for meningoencephalitis had features of encephalitis lethargica develop on her third day of illness. She had ophthalmoplegia, akinetic mutism, and prominent extrapyramidal signs consisting of lip and hand tremors, cogwheel rigidity, and facial bradykinesia.

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Year:  1999        PMID： 10563641     DOI： 10.1212/wnl.53.8.1860

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Neurology        ISSN： 0028-3878            Impact factor:   9.910


  3 in total

1.  Akinetic mutism followed by a manic reaction on introduction of steroid replacement for Addison's disease.

Authors:  G Kalambokis; S Konitsiotis; D Pappas; E V Tsianos
Journal:  J Endocrinol Invest       Date:  2006-03       Impact factor: 4.256

2.  Contemporary Encephalitis Lethargica: phenotype, laboratory findings and treatment outcomes.

Authors:  Robert Lopez-Alberola; Michael Georgiou; George N Sfakianakis; Carlos Singer; Spyridon Papapetropoulos
Journal:  J Neurol       Date:  2009-03-06       Impact factor: 4.849

3.  Isolated substantia nigra involvement in brainstem demyelination.

Authors:  Rohan R Mahale; Anish Mehta; Srinivasa Rangasetty
Journal:  J Neurosci Rural Pract       Date:  2015 Apr-Jun
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