Herpes simplex encephalitis with a normal cerebrospinal fluid [5];Encefalitis por virus del herpes simple con líquido cefalorraquídeo normal

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 357-358

  Santos, Erika ^a   Moralejo, Leticia ^a   De Dios, Soffa ^a   Fuertes, Aurelio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACYCLOVIR; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442699261     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13059037     Document Type: Letter

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