Decompressive craniectomy in a patient with an herpetic encephalitis and refractory intracranial hypertension;Craniectomía descompresiva en una paciente con encefalitis herpética asociada a hipertensión intracraneana refractaria

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1434-1438

  Mellado T, Patricio ^a,b   Castillo F, Luis ^a   Andresen H, Max ^a   Campos P, Manuel ^a   Pérez C, Carlos ^a   Baudrand M, René ^a  

^a Rheumatology Service   (Chile)

^b NONE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Craniectomy; Encephalitis, viral; Herpes simplex

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRANIECTOMY; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; CRANIOTOMY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION;

EID: 2942657485     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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