MR imaging of human herpesvirus-6-associated encephalitis in 4 patients with anterograde amnesia after allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 887-891

  Gorniak, Richard J T ^a,d   Young, G S ^a   Wiese, D E ^a   Marty, F M ^a,b   Schwartz, R B ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Longwood MRI Specialists   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSCARNET;

ADULT; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33748088537     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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