Fatal human herpesvirus 6-associated multifocal meningoencephalitis in an adult female patient

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 942-944

  Beović, Bojana ^a   Pečarič Meglič, Nuška ^a   Marin, Jožica ^a   Bedernjak, Jože ^a   Muzlovič, Igor ^a   Čižman, Milan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; BACLOFEN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUSCLE TWITCH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0035699716     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540110076570     Document Type: Article

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