Magnetic resonance and diffusion-weighted imaging findings of herpes simplex encephalitis

Herpes

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-17

  Hatipoglu, Hatice Gul ^a,b   Sakman, Bulent ^a   Yuksel, Enis ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Computed tomography (CT); Diffusion weighted imaging; Herpes simplex encephalitis; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACYCLOVIR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURKEY;

HERPES;

EID: 55849121982     PISSN: 09697667     EISSN: 14701537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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