Herpes simplex virus central nervous system relapse during treatment of infantile spasms with corticotropin

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Bonkowsky, Joshua L ^a   Filloux, Francis M ^a   Byington, Carrie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin; Encephalitis; Herpes simplex virus; Infantile spasms; Neonatal; Relapse

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOTROPIN; LORAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VANCOMYCIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; LETHARGY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TONIC SEIZURE; BRAIN; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENCE; SPASMS, INFANTILE; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

EID: 33646826320     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1867     Document Type: Article

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