Brainstem involvement in neonatal herpes simplex virus type 2 encephalitis

Pediatrics

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Pelligra, Gustavo ^a   Lynch, Niamh ^a   Miller, Steven P ^a   Sargent, Michael A ^a   Osiovich, Horacio ^a  

^a CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Encephalitis; Herpes simplex virus; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GADOLINIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

BRAIN STEM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 34547670909     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3757     Document Type: Article

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