Communicating hydrocephalus following eosinophilic meningitis is pathogenic for chronic Viliuisk encephalomyelitis in Northeastern Siberia.

BACKGROUND: Viliuisk encephalomyelitis (VE) is an endemic neurological disease in Northeast Siberia and generally considered to be a chronic encephalomyelitis of unknown origin actually spreading in the Sakha (Yakutian) Republic. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPLE FINDINGS: In search for the pathophysiology...

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Main Authors: Alexander Storch, Jan Kassubek, Hayrettin Tumani, Vsevolod A Vladimirtsev, Andreas Hermann, Vladimir L Osakovsky, Vladimir A Baranov, Vadim G Krivoshapkin, Albert C Ludolph
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3938403?pdf=render