Late recurrence of herpes simplex virus meningoencephalitis in two infants

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 160, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 732-735

  Mandyla, Helen ^a   Anagnostakis, Dimitris ^a   Koutsovitis, Paraskevas ^a   Siahanidou, Tania ^a   Youroukos, Sotiris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acyclovir prophylaxis; Herpes simplex virus; Herpes simplex virus encephalitis recurrence; Viral encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0035209667     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310100848     Document Type: Article

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