Corticosteroid-responsive postmalaria encephalopathy characterized by motor aphasia, myoclonus, and postural tremor

Schnorf, Hans Gaspar; Diserens, K; Schnyder, H; Chofflon, Michel; Loutan, Louis; Chaves Vischer, Virginie Isabelle; Landis, Theodor

doi:10.1001/archneur.55.3.417

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Corticosteroid-responsive postmalaria encephalopathy characterized by motor aphasia, myoclonus, and postural tremor

ContributorsSchnorf, Hans Gaspar; Diserens, K; Schnyder, H; Chofflon, Michel; Loutan, Louis; Chaves Vischer, Virginie Isabelle; Landis, Theodor

Published inArchives of neurology, vol. 55, no. 3, p. 417-420

Publication date1998

Abstract

To study the clinical spectrum of an acute severe encephalopathy occurring in 2 patients after recovery from falciparum malaria infection and to compare it with the reported clinical features of the postmalaria neurological syndrome.

Keywords

Adrenal Cortex Hormones/administration & dosage
Adult
Aphasia/etiology
Female
Humans
Malaria, Cerebral/complications/drug therapy
Male
Middle Aged
Myoclonus/etiology
Posture
Tremor/etiology

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SCHNORF, Hans Gaspar et al. Corticosteroid-responsive postmalaria encephalopathy characterized by motor aphasia, myoclonus, and postural tremor. In: Archives of neurology, 1998, vol. 55, n° 3, p. 417–420. doi: 10.1001/archneur.55.3.417

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PID : unige:74561
DOI : 10.1001/archneur.55.3.417
PMID : 9520017

ISSN of the journal0003-9942

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Corticosteroid-responsive postmalaria encephalopathy characterized by motor aphasia, myoclonus, and postural tremor

To study the clinical spectrum of an acute severe encephalopathy occurring in 2 patients after recovery from falciparum malaria infection and to compare it with the reported clinical features of the postmalaria neurological syndrome.

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