Korean J Clin Neurophysiol.  2013 Jun;15(1):30-33. 10.14253/kjcn.2013.15.1.30.

Prolonged Comatose State Followed by Rapid Recovery in a Patient with Bickerstaff's Brainstem Encephalitis

• Cho KY
• Park YE
• Kim JK
• Joo JH
• Park KH
• Kim DS

• KMID: 2225199
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14253/kjcn.2013.15.1.30

Abstract

No abstract available.

Keyword

Bickerstaff's brainstem encephalitis; Coma; Immunotherapy

MeSH Terms

Brain Stem
Coma
Encephalitis
Humans
Immunotherapy

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