Unusual presentation of herpes simplex virus encephalitis: bilateral thalamic involvement and normal imaging of early stage of the disease

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-89

  Gümüş, Hakan ^b   Kumandaş, Sefer ^a   Per, Hüseyin ^a   Tahan, Fulya ^a   Köklü, Esad ^a   Karakükçü, Musa ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THALAMUS;

EID: 33845186375     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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