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.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Bickerstaff Brainstem Encephalitis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/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://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739633/all/Bickerstaff_brainstem_encephalitis. Accessed December 18, 2024.
Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/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 2024 December 18]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739633/all/Bickerstaff_brainstem_encephalitis.
* Article titles in AMA citation format should be in sentence-case
TY - ELEC
T1 - Bickerstaff brainstem encephalitis
ID - 739633
ED - Venes,Donald,
BT - Taber's Medical Dictionary
UR - https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/739633/all/Bickerstaff_brainstem_encephalitis
PB - F.A. Davis Company
ET - 24
DB - Nursing Central
DP - Unbound Medicine
ER -
