CAD	coronary artery disease
CD	chronic disease
CHHD	chronic hypertensive heart disease
CNs	cranial nerves
CSF	cerebrospinal fluid
CT	computerized tomography
CVE	chronic vasculare encephalopathy
DEX	dexa-methasone
DHD	dilated heart disease
DM2	type 2 diabetes mellitus
EEG	elettroen-cephalophy
EMG	electromyography
F	female
GBS	Guillain–Barré syndrome
H	hypertension
HHD	hypertensive heart disease
ICH	intraparenchimal cerebral hemorrhage
Igs	immunoglobulins
IVIG	intravenous immunoglobulin therapy
M	male
MRI	magnetic resonance imaging
NA	not available
Neg	negative
NR	not reported
PRES	posterior reversible encephalopathy
PTS	patients
UNR	uremarkable
WNND	West Nile neuroinvasive disease
WNE	West Nile encephalitis
WNV	West Nile virus
Y	year