A case report of recurrent limbic encephalitis caused by an enterovirus infection

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Hokezu, Youichi ^a   Hashiguchi, Yoshiya ^a   Satake, Marie ^a   Hosoya, Mitsuaki ^b  

^a OITA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enterovirus infection; Limbic encephalitis; MRI; Non herpetic; Recurrent encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; PHENYTOIN; VIRUS RNA; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; MEMORY DISORDER; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NECK MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PLEOCYTOSIS; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 3042711798     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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