Childhood encephalitis in Sweden: Etiology, clinical presentation and outcome

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 484-490

  Fowler, Å ^a   Stodberg T ^a   Eriksson, M ^b   Wickstrom R ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain; CNS; Pediatric; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHASIA; EEG ABNORMALITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENTEROVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMIPARESIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NYSTAGMUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SWEDEN; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53249119562     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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