Long-term treatment of herpetic encephalitis with aciclovir. The role of PCR study in cerebrospinal fluid [6]

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 519-

  Murcia, José ^a   Merino, Merino ^a   Boix, Vicente ^a   Portilla, Joaquin ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; TIME;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2442656346     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(02)72438-x     Document Type: Letter

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