Human herpesvirus-6 associated encephalitis with subsequent infantile spasms and cerebellar astrocytoma

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 418-421

  Rantala, Heikki ^a   Mannonen, Laura ^c   Ahtiluoto, Satu ^c   Linnavuori, Kimmo ^b   Herva, Riitta ^a   Vaheri, Antti ^c   Koskiniemi, Marjaleena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; PHENOBARBITAL; VIRUS DNA;

ASTROCYTOMA; CARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFANTILE SPASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; URTICARIA; VIRUS GENOME; WALKING;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; EXANTHEMA; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYOCARDITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034117701     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162200000773     Document Type: Conference Paper

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