Human herpes virus 6B: A possible role in epilepsy?

Epilepsia

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1828-1837

  Theodore, William H ^a,b   Epstein, Leon ^c   Gaillard, William D ^b,d   Shinnar, Shlomo ^e   Wainwright, Mark S ^c   Jacobson, Steven ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Febrile seizures; Human herpes virus; Mesial temporal sclerosis; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AMNESIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; EXCITOTOXICITY; FEBRILE CONVULSION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFLAMMATION; LATENT PERIOD; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTERIOR TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; BRAIN; CHILD; EPILEPSY; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 55349127390     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01699.x     Document Type: Note

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