Encephalitis: Identifying the specific cause is key to effective management

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 123-143

  Gutierrez, Kathleen M ^a   Prober, Charles G ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ARBOVIRUS; BRAIN BIOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0031934716     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1998.03.413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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