An unusual presentation of herpetic encephalitis;Encefalitis herpetica de presentacion atipica

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 441-444

  Garcia Barragan N ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; Aphasia; Cerebrospinal puncture; Herpes simplex virus; Herpetic encephalitis; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; FEVER; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PUNCTURE; ACUTE DISEASE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMPLEXVIRUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0034163976     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3005.99391     Document Type: Article

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