title: Central and peripheral demyelination with immune polymyositis in a patient with Bardet Biedl syndrome.
abstract: We report extremely rare combination of central and peripheral demyelination with immune polymyositis in a patient with Bardet-Biedl syndrome. The inciting factor postulated was mycoplasma pneumonia infection.
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Institute of Internal Medicine, Madras Medical College and Government General Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rajasekaran
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arvind
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Subbaragavalu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sojan George
mesh_terms: D020788:Bardet-Biedl Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000150:complications; D017285:Polymyositis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult