Delayed cranial neuropathy after neurosurgery caused by herpes simplex virus reactivation: Report of three cases

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-69

  Hengstman, Gerald J D ^a   Gons, Rob A R ^a   Menovsky, Thomas ^a   Lunel, Frans Verduijn ^a   Van De Vlasakker, Chuck J W ^b   De Vries, Joost ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SLINGELAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delayed cranial neuropathy; Herpes simplex virus; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; CRANIECTOMY; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SIMPLEXVIRUS; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS LATENCY;

EID: 21444441999     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2004.08.066     Document Type: Article

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