Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 200, Issue 1 , Pages 63-66 , 15 August 2002

Neurological features of West Nile Virus infection during the 2000 outbreak in a regional hospital in Israel

  • C Klein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel
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  • I Kimiagar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel
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  • L Pollak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel
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  • R Gandelman-Marton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel
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  • A Itzhaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel
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  • R Milo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel
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  • J.M Rabey

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972-8-9779180; fax: +972-8-9779182
    • Department of Neurology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel
    • Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Received 10 October 2001 ,Revised 23 April 2002 ,Accepted 8 May 2002.

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Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 200, Issue 1 , Pages 63-66 , 15 August 2002

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