Acute encephalitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 219-226

  Johnson, Richard T ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ARBOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0029840659     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.2.219     Document Type: Article

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