Viral encephalitis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 268-272

  Kennedy, Peter G E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acyclovir; CSF PCR; Herpes simplex virus; Viral encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; MANNITOL; STEROID; VALACICLOVIR;

BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; GLIA CELL; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; JC VIRUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NIPAH VIRUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HUMANS; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 17644381914     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0770-7     Document Type: Review

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