Exanthem Subitum-Associated Encephalitis: Nationwide Survey in Japan

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 353-358

  Yoshikawa, Tetsushi ^a   Ohashi, Masahiro ^a   Miyake, Fumi ^a   Fujita, Ayano ^a   Usui, Chie ^a   Sugata, Ken ^a   Suga, Sadao ^a   Hashimoto, Shuji ^a   Asano, Yoshizo ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPILEPSY; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMIPLEGIA; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR RETARDATION; NEUROIMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; QUADRIPLEGIA; SPASTICITY; SPEECH DISORDER; VIRUS EXAMINATION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 70349759482     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2009.05.012     Document Type: Article

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