Magnetic resonance restricted diffusion resolution correlates with clinical improvement and response to treatment in herpes simplex encephalitis

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 251-253

  Duckworth, Joshua L ^a   Hawley, Jason S ^a   Riedy, Gerard ^a   Landau, Mark E ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; DWI; Herpes simplex; HSV; Viral encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; DEXAMETHASONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29344451482     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NCC:3:3:251     Document Type: Article

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