Chronic active destructive herpes simplex encephalitis with recovery of viral DNA 12 years after disease onset

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 120-123

  Asenbauer, B ^a   McEntagart, M ^a   King, M D ^a   Gallagher, P ^b   Burke, M ^b   Farrell, M A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Herpes; Opercular syndrome

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS THROMBOSIS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; EPILEPSY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; QUADRIPLEGIA; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031868558     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973546     Document Type: Article

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