Herpes simplex virus encephalitis presenting with cerebral infarction-like signs and neuroimages

Hokkaido Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-189

  Mito, Yasunori ^a   Yoshida, Kazuto ^a   Yabe, Ichiro ^b   Hirotani, Makoto ^a   Tashiro, Kunio ^c   Kikuchi, Seiji ^b   Sasaki, Hidenao ^b  

^a ASAHIKAWA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction like neuroimages; Herpes simplex encephalitis; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 18244402668     PISSN: 03676102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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