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ArticleBMJ case reports2011

Atypical rabies with MRI findings: clue to the diagnosis.

Arvind Kumar Vaish, Nirdesh Jain, Lokesh Kumar Gupta, Sudhir Kumar Verma

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 49% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Case report of rabies-induced persistent mental symptoms.Shanghai archives of psychiatry · 2015
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  4. MR imaging in rabies encephalitis: A rare entity.Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Arvind Kumar VaishDepartment of Internal Medicine, CSM Medical University, Lucknow, India. vaish12@rediffmail.com
Nirdesh Jain
Lokesh Kumar Gupta
Sudhir Kumar Verma
King George's Medical University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rabies is known for most as a fatal infectious disease, mainly transmitted to both humans and animals through bites by rabid animals. In its classical form, rabies is well recognised, but when it presents atypically in paralytic form, it may become difficult to distinguish from Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) or myelitis, particularly where history is not forthcoming or concealed. The authors report here an atypical case of paralytic rabies presenting with descending paralysis followed by furious form where clue to suspicion was MRI findings. Imaging in rabies is seldom done. MRI findings of rabies encephalitis are well known, but in myelitis these need to be further characterised. The authors present MRI findings in a confirmed case of rabies myelitis. The differential diagnosis of the imaging findings as well as the role and the relevance of imaging in the diagnosis of this disease are discussed.

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Magnetic Resonance ImagingAdultHumansMaleRabies

Identifiers

PMID22693199
PMCPMC3128354
OpenAlexW2141177887

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