Herpes encephalitis after meningioma resection

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1674-1675

  Ploner, Markus ^a   Turowski, Bernd ^a   Wöbker, Gabriele ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PLEOCYTOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 28044439600     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000184491.21252.9b     Document Type: Article

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