Steroid therapy in an infant with human herpesvirus 6 encephalopathy

Brain and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 597-599

  Enoki, Hideo ^a   Takeda, Sho ^a   Matsubayashi, Rie ^a   Matsubayashi, Tadashi ^a  

^a SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Encephalopathy; Human herpesvirus 6; Steroid

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; INTERLEUKIN 6; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDAZOLAM; STEROID; THIAMYLAL; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE;

ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEROIDS;

EID: 33747890341     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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