Magnetic resonance imaging of herpes simplex virus encephalitis: Reversible asymmetric basal ganglia lesions

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 909-911

  Yoshii, Fumihito ^b   Akiyama, Katsunori ^a   Shinohara, Yukito ^b  

^a Hiratsuka City Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Adenine arabinoside (Ara A); Putamen; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADULT; BASAL GANGLIA; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 0030280797     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.909     Document Type: Article

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