Reactivation of herpes virus after surgery for epilepsy in a pediatric patient with mesial temporal sclerosis: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 633-636

  Bourgeois, Marie ^a   Vinikoff, Laurent ^a   Lellouch Tubiana, Arielle ^a   Sainte Rose, Christian ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Herpes; Surgery; Virus reactivation

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; GLUCOSE; HAPTOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERFERON; OROSOMUCOID; PHENOBARBITAL; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0032981655     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199903000-00106     Document Type: Article

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