title: [The differential diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and subacute herpes virus myelitis].
abstract: Differential diagnosis of incurable and potentially curable neurological diseases is an urgent problem of modern neurology. The authors present a case report of subacute herpes virus myelitis, a rare complication of herpes infection by Varicella-Zoster virus. The differential diagnosis with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is described.
authors.affiliation: Russian Charity ALS Foundation, Moscow, Russia; Clinical and Diagnostic Center Real Helth, Moscow, Russia; Moscow Ambulatory # 107, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Levitsky
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery of Moscow City Hospital # 20, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Zavalishin
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Diagnostic Center Real Helth, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Chub
authors.affiliation: Moscow Ambulatory # 107, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Morozova
authors.affiliation: Burdenko Institute Neurosurgery, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Serkov
mesh_terms: D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006562:Herpes Zoster; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human; D006801:Humans; D009187:Myelitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D000073618:Varicella Zoster Virus Infection / Q000175:diagnosis*