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

장기간 혼수 상태를 지속한 후 빠르게 회복된 Bickerstaff 뇌간 뇌염

  • Cho, Kee-Yong (Department of Neurology, Pusan National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Young-Eun (Department of Neurology, Pusan National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Kuk (Department of Neurology, Dong-A University College of Medicine) ;
  • Joo, Jae Hyung (Department of Neurology, Parkwonwuk Hospital) ;
  • Park, Kyu-Hyun (Department of Neurology, Pusan National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Dae-Seong (Department of Neurology, Pusan National University School of Medicine)
  • 조기용 (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 신경과학교실) ;
  • 박영은 (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 신경과학교실) ;
  • 김종국 (동아대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실) ;
  • 주재형 (박원욱병원 신경과) ;
  • 박규현 (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 신경과학교실) ;
  • 김대성 (부산대학교 의학전문대학원 신경과학교실)
  • Received : 2012.11.02
  • Accepted : 2013.02.21
  • Published : 2013.06.30

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