Diffusion-weighted MRI abnormalities as a clue to the diagnosis of herpes simplex encephalitis

Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1015-1016

  McCabe, Kenneth ^a   Tyler, Ken ^a   Tanabe, Jody ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0141993831     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000082387.97051.f5     Document Type: Article

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