A case of ADEM following Chikungunya fever
Maity, P.; Roy, P.; Basu, A.; Das, B.; Ghosh, U.S.
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 62(5): 441-442
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-5772 PMID: 25438499 Document Number: 671812
Chikungunya most often is a self-limiting febrile illness with polyarthritis and the virus is not known to be neurotropic. We are reporting a case of chikugunya fever presenting as acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis(ADEM) which is very rare.
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