Stealth viral encephalopathy: Report of a fatal case complicated by cerebral vasculitis

Pathobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 59-63

  Martin, W John ^a  

^a Ctr for Complex Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue; Encephalitis; Encephalopathy; Stealth; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCYTOSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMA; DEATH; DETERIORATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LETHARGY; MALE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; BIOPSY; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT, VIRAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA PRIMERS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FATAL OUTCOME; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGES; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0029798074     PISSN: 10152008     EISSN: 14230291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000164009     Document Type: Article

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