Acute encephalitis: report on 32 consecutive pediatric cases observed in one hospital;Encéphalite aiguë : à propos de 32 enfants vus consécutivement dans un même service de pédiatrie

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 208-214

  Vial, C ^a   Pozzetto, B ^a   Essid, A ^a   Stephan J L ^a   Chabrier, S ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Acute encephalitis; Child

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PEDIATRICS; PROGNOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FRANCE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; VIRUSES;

EID: 34247622247     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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