European consensus on viral encephalitis

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9048, 1997, Pages 299-300

  Lipkin, W I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FAMCICLOVIR; OSMOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EUROPEAN UNION; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; LATENT VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0031016790     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)62821-8     Document Type: Note

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