Encephalomyelitis responsive to ganciclovir
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Encephalomyelitis responsive to ganciclovir.
Department of Neurology and Institute of Radiology, Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo SP, Brazil. A 19-year-old previously healthy boy was admitted with a ten-day history of rapidly progressive urinary retention, constipation, ascending hypoesthesia up to the thoracic level and gait instability. On physical examination, he presented fever, tetraparesis, brisk reflexes, multidir...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2010000400039