Acute necrotizing encephalopathy of childhood: Typical findings in an atypical disease

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 810-813

  Skelton, Brandon W ^a   Hollingshead, Michael C ^b   Sledd, Andrew T ^a   Phillips, C Douglas ^a   Castillo, Mauricio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Encephalitis; Encephalopathy; Human herpesvirus 6

Indexed keywords

ACUTE NECROTIZING ENCEPHALOPATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 45449114142     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-0823-z     Document Type: Article

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