Is EEG useful in assessing patients with acute encephalitis treated with acyclovir?

Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 296-301

  Sirén, Jan ^a   Seppäläinen, Anna Maria ^a   Launes, Jyrki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acute encephalitis; Electroencephalography; Herpes simplex; Periodic complex; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 0345019903     PISSN: 00134694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-4694(98)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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