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. 2016 Jul-Sep;7(3):476-8.
doi: 10.4103/0976-3147.181480.

Meningoencephalitis, myositis, and rash-neurological presentation of Indian tick typhus

Gaurav Nigam  1 , Sachin Sureshbabu  1 , Elisheba Patras  2 , Sudhir Peter  3 , C Sobhana  3
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Meningoencephalitis, myositis, and rash-neurological presentation of Indian tick typhus

Gaurav Nigam et al. J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2016 Jul-Sep.
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Figure 1
Diffusion weighted MRI bain showing infarcts in the midbrain, caudate and subcortex
Figure 2
Figure 2
MRI showing diffuse myositis and subcutaneous oedema
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