Herpes Simplex Encephalitis: Analysis of 68 cases from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 146-148

  Mekan, Sabeen F ^a   Wasay, Mohammad ^a   Khelaeni, Bhojo ^a   Saeed, Zarrish ^a   Hassan, Ali ^a   Sheerani, Mughis ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMIPARESIS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; INFANT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFANT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PARESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23844442865     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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