MRI deterioration in herpes simplex encephalitis despite clinical recovery

Neurologist

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 223-226

  Markoula, Sofia ^a   Giannopoulos, Sotirios ^a   Pelidou, Sigliti Henrietta ^a   Argyropoulou, Maria ^a   Lagos, Georgios ^a   Kyritsis, Athanassios P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex encephalitis; Immune mediated mechanism; MRI findings; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

ACYCLOVIR; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349785879     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181921abc     Document Type: Article

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