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Case Reports
. 1996 Dec;27(6):323-5.
doi: 10.1055/s-2007-973802.

Locked-in syndrome in an adolescent patient with pneumococcal meningitis

W Habre  1 , M Caflisch, V Chaves-Vischer, J Delavelle, C A Haenggeli
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Locked-in syndrome in an adolescent patient with pneumococcal meningitis

W Habre et al. Neuropediatrics. 1996 Dec.

Abstract

A 15-year-old adolescent with pneumococcal meningitis and increased intracranial pressure presented clinical and neurophysiological evidence of the locked-in syndrome. MRI studies showed an area of infarction involving the ventral part of the medulla.

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