Beneficial effect of steroid pulse therapy on acute viral encephalitis

European Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 225-229

  Nakano, Ayako ^a,c   Yamasaki, Ryuichi ^a   Miyazaki, Shuichi ^a   Horiuchi, Nobuaki ^a   Kunishige, Makoto ^b   Mitsui, Takao ^b  

^a Shikoku Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c Kenko Hoken Naruto Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Consciousness disturbance; Steroid pulse therapy; Viral encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFOTAXIME; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACYCLOVIR; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CELL COUNT; CONSCIOUSNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLOBINS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG;

EID: 0345059978     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073864     Document Type: Article

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