Acute encephalopathy with bilateral striatal necrosis: Favourable response to corticosteroid therapy

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-45

  Yamamoto, Katsuya ^a   Chiba, Hiro O ^a   Ishitobi, Mamiko ^a   Nakagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Ogawa, Tatsuji ^a   Ishii, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a SENDAI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral striatal necrosis; Corticosteroid therapy; Herpes simplex virus type 1

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; MALE; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NECROSIS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 0031290415     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-3798(97)80010-4     Document Type: Article

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