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KMID : 0391520110190030277
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Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society
2011 Volume.19 No. 3 p.277 ~ p.282
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A Case of Brainstem Encephalitis Associated with Epstein-Barr Virus Infection
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Oh Myung-Jin
Lim Soo-Jung
Kim Young-Joo
Eom Tae-Hoon
Lee Hyun-Seung
Jang Pil-Sang
Kim Young-Hoon
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Abstract
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A case of brainstem encephalitis associated with a reactivated infection of Epstein- Barr virus (EBV) in a 7-year-old boy is reported. The patient was diagnosed based on the compatible clinical, cerebrospinal fluid and radiological findings and the serological results for EBV, had a favorable clinical course and showed a discrepancy between the course of the neurological features and the evolution of the imaging alterations. The apparent diffusion coefficient imaging revealed the brain stem lesion suggesting an autoimmune mechanism in the pathogenesis of the illness.
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KEYWORD
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Epstein-Barr virus, Brainstem encephalitis
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