CT and MRI findings of human herpesvirus 6-associated encephalopathy: Comparison with findings of herpes simplex virus encephalitis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 754-760

  Noguchi, Tomoyuki ^a   Yoshiura, Takashi ^b   Hiwatashi, Akio ^b   Togao, Osamu ^b   Yamashita, Koji ^b   Nagao, Eiki ^b   Uchino, Akira ^c   Hasuo, Kanehiro ^d   Atsumi, Kazushige ^e   Matsuura, Takashi ^e   Kuroiwa, Toshiro ^f   Mihara, Futoshi ^b   Honda, Hiroshi ^b   Kudo, Sho ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e HAMANOMACHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Encephalitis; Herpes simplex virus; Human herpesvirus 6; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INFECTION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77749252471     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2548     Document Type: Article

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