A case of neuro-Behcet's encephalitis with pleds as distinct from herpes simplex encephalitis: A differential diagnosis

Functional Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-103

  Kihara, Mikihiro ^a   Takahashi, Mitsuo ^a   Mitsui, Yoshiyuki ^a   Tanaka, Hisashi ^a   Nishikawa, Shogo ^a   Nakamura, Yusaku ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex encephalitis; MRI; Neuro Behcet's disease; PLEDs; SPECT

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; OXIME; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; BEHCET DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

BEHCET SYNDROME; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; EPILEPSY; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OXIMES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030095081     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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