Intracerebral haemorrhage as a rare complication of HSV-1 meningoencephalitis: Case report and review of the literature

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-66

  Argyriou, Andreas A ^a   Tsota, Irene ^a   Solomou, Ekaterini ^a   Marangos, Markos ^a   Kalogeropoulou, Christina ^a   Petsas, Theodore ^a   Dimopoulos, Panagiotis A ^a   Chroni, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

ADULT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL;

EID: 31144458872     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540500264019     Document Type: Review

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