Human herpesvirus 6 rhombencephalitis in immunocompetent children

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1260-1268

  Crawford, John R ^a   Kadom, Nadja ^a   Santi, Maria Rita ^a   Mariani, Brian ^b   Lavenstein, Bennett L ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b GENETICS AND IVF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; HHV6; Human herpesvirus 6

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; GADOLINIUM; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MERCAPTOPURINE; METHOTREXATE; PHENOBARBITAL; RITUXIMAB; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX RHOMBENCEPHALITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALAISE; MALE; MYOCLONUS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPSOCLONUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREMOR; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 36248956565     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807307086     Document Type: Article

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