Acute manifestations and neurologic sequelae of Epstein-Barr virus encephalitis in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 871-875

  Domachowske, Joseph B ^a,b   Cunningham, Coleen K ^a   Cummings, Deann L ^a   Crosley, Carl J ^a   Hannan, William P ^a   Weiner, Leonard B ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

encephalitis; Epstein Barr virus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0029797319     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199610000-00008     Document Type: Article

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