Bilateral hippocampal encephalitis caused by enteroviral infection

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 836-838

  Liow, Kore ^a   Spanaki, Marianna V ^a   Boyer, Richard S ^b   Greenlee, John E ^b   Bale Jr, James F ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONFUSION; ENTEROVIRUS; FEVER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032749518     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(99)00083-1     Document Type: Article

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