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. 2017 May 2;4(4):e349.
doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000349. eCollection 2017 Jul.

Encephalomyelitis Following Definitive Zika Virus Infection

William Roth  1 , Charles Tyshkov  1 , Kiran Thakur  1 , Wendy Vargas  1
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Encephalomyelitis Following Definitive Zika Virus Infection

William Roth et al. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. .
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Figure. Multifocal CNS lesions following Zika virus infection
(A) MRI brain axial FLAIR sequence. Two characteristic lesions, periventricular and splenium of corpus callosum. (B) MRI brain axial DWI sequence. Characteristic lesion with diffusion restriction (ADC not shown). (C) MRI thoracic spine sagittal MRI T2 sequence with characteristic lesions. (D) MRI cervical spine sagittal MRI T2 sequence with C3–4 lesion. FLAIR = fluid-attenuated inversion recovery.
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