Diseases That Mimic Herpes Simplex Encephalitis: Diagnosis, Presentation, and Outcome

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 234-239

  Whitley, Richard J ^a   Cobbs, C Glenn ^a   Alford, Charles A ^a   Soong, Seng Jaw ^a   Hirsch, Martin S ^b   Connor, James D ^c   Corey, Larry ^d   Hanley, Daniel F ^e   Levin, Myron ^f   Powell, Dwight A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024402022     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03430020076032     Document Type: Article

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