Chronic Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis in Childhood

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-61

  Leen, Wilhelmina G ^a   Weemaes, Corry M ^a   Verbeek, Marcel M ^a   Willemsen, Michèl A ^a   Rotteveel, Jan J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 33745263242     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.12.015     Document Type: Article

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