Re-evaluating the diagnostic methods in herpes simplex encephalitis

Herpes

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-19

  Al Shekhlee, Amer ^a   Kocharian, Naira ^a   Suarez, Jose J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Electroencephalography; Herpes simplex encephalitis; Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharge; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

HERPES;

EID: 33745162526     PISSN: 09697667     EISSN: 14701537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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