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

Trop Doct

Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, Dr. TMA Pai Hospital (Udupi), Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.

Published: January 2020

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.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0049475519885798DOI Listing

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