A medical overview of encephalitis

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 429-449

  Stone, Mark J ^a   Hawkins, Clive P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO; VIDARABINE;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; BICKERSTAFF BRAINSTEM ENCEPHALITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PLASMAPHERESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, ACUTE DISSEMINATED; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW LITERATURE;

EID: 34548173918     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602010601069430     Document Type: Review

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