Prolonged Comatose State Followed by Rapid Recovery in a Patient with Bickerstaff’s Brainstem Encephalitis

cho, Kee-Yong; Park, Young-Eun; Kim, Jong-Kuk; Joo, Jae Hyung; Park, Kyu-Hyun; Kim, Dae-Seong

doi:2013.15.1.30

Ann Clin Neurophysiol > 2013 June;15(1) > Article

Ann Clin Neurophysiol. 2013; 15(1): 30-33. Published online June 30, 2013. doi: https://doi.org/10.14253/kjcn.2013.15.1.30

Prolonged Comatose State Followed by Rapid Recovery in a Patient with Bickerstaff’s Brainstem Encephalitis

Kee-Yong cho¹, Young-Eun Park^1,2, Jong-Kuk Kim³, Jae Hyung Joo⁴, Kyu-Hyun Park^1,2, and Dae-Seong Kim^1,2

¹Department of Neurology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea
²Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea
³Department of Neurology, Dong-A University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea
⁴Department of Neurology, Parkwonwuk Hospital, Busan, Korea

Corresponding Author: Young-Eun Park ,Tel: +82-51-240-7819, Fax: +82-51-245-2783, Email: yepark407@gmail.com

Received November 2, 2012 Accepted February 21, 2013

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Key words: Bickerstaff’s brainstem encephalitis, Coma, Immunotherapy