Herpes simplex encephalitis presenting with exclusively frontal lobe involvement

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 477-481

  Taylor, Sean W ^a   Lee, Donald H ^b   Jackson, Alan C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cingulate gyrus; Encephalitis; Frontal lobe; Herpes simplex virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GADOLINIUM; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG RESPONSE; EMPIRICISM; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TEMPORAL LOBE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

HERPES; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 36148951742     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13550280701491131     Document Type: Article

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