Symmetrical brainstem encephalitis caused by herpes simplex virus

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 589-590

  Miura, Shiroh ^a   Kurita, Takashi ^a   Noda, Kazuhito ^a   Ayabe, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Aizawa, Hisamichi ^a   Taniwaki, Takayuki ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brainstem encephalitis; Herpes simplex virus; MRI

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VIDARABINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; LIP DISEASE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

BRAIN STEM; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 61449242651     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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