The correlation between neurological evaluations and neurological outcome in acute encephalitis: A hospital-based study

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 63-69

  Wang, I Jen ^a   Lee, Ping Ing ^b   Huang, Li Ming ^b   Chen, Chien Jen ^c   Chen, Chi Ling ^c   Lee, Wang Tso ^b  

^a Bali Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Encephalitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurological sequelae; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PHENOBARBITAL;

ADENOVIRUS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DELTA RHYTHM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; LEUKOPENIA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLEDEMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SEROLOGY; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847216120     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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