Meningoencephalomyelitis caused by herpes simplex virus-1 in a patient with idiopathic T CD4+ lymphocytopenia

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 569-570

  Tumbarello, M ^a   Tacconelli, E ^a   Colosimo, C ^a   Cauda, R ^a   Ortona, L ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; FOSCARNET; MANNITOL; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0031934451     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.50.2.569     Document Type: Article

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