Taber's Medical Dictionary
Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis
(bik′ĕr-staf″)
[Edwin R. Bickerstaff, U.K. physician, b. 1920]
An immunological disorder characterized by acute paralysis of the extraocular muscles, associated with ataxic gait, drowsiness, and extensor plantar reflexes or loss of sensation on one side of the body.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739633/all/Bickerstaff_brainstem_encephalitis.
Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739633/all/Bickerstaff_brainstem_encephalitis. Accessed January 27, 2022.
Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th edition). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739633/all/Bickerstaff_brainstem_encephalitis
Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2022 January 27]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739633/all/Bickerstaff_brainstem_encephalitis.
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