Perfusion and thallium single photon emission computed tomography in herpes simplex encephalitis

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 96-99

  De Deyn, P P ^a   Van Den Broucke, Ph W ^a   Pickut, B A ^a   Appel, B ^a   Crols, R ^a   Cras, P ^a   Martin, J J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Herpes simplex; Herpes simplex encephalitis; Neuroimaging; Perfusion SPECT; SPECT; Thallium SPECT

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; THALLIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0032522701     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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