Neuroimaging of herpesvirus infections in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 949-963

  Baskin, Henry J ^a   Hedlund, Gary ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Herpesvirus; Infants; MRI

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MENINGITIS; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTROPISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NEURITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 34548712345     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0506-1     Document Type: Review

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