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Rapidly progressive dementia with seizures: a post-dengue complication.

Afsal P MohammedAvinash KoraddiArvind PrabhuChitra M KotianShashikiran Umakanth
Published in: Tropical doctor (2019)
Dengue infection can cause various effects on the central and peripheral nervous systems. Direct neurotropism and immunological mechanisms are responsible for most such neurological manifestations. We present the case of a 64-year-old woman with rapidly progressive dementia with seizures following dengue infection.
Keyphrases
  • zika virus
  • aedes aegypti
  • dengue virus
  • mild cognitive impairment
  • multiple sclerosis
  • cognitive impairment
  • blood brain barrier
  • cerebral ischemia
  • subarachnoid hemorrhage