Amnestic syndrome after lung transplantation by human herpes virus-6 encephalitis [2]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 248, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 619-620

  Bollen, A E ^a   Wartan, A N ^b   Krikke, A P ^b   Haaxma Reiche, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AZATHIOPRINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLONAZEPAM; CYCLOSPORIN; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFUSION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; LETTER; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

AMNESIA; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; GANCICLOVIR; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0034935146     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004150170142     Document Type: Letter

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