Steroids for Deteriorating Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-232

  Musallam, Banan ^a   Matoth, Israel ^a   Wolf, Dana G ^a   Engelhard, Dan ^a   Averbuch, Diana ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; VIRUS LOAD;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

EID: 34548304892     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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