Herpes encephalitis presenting with an opercular syndrome and epilepsia partialis continua

Neurologist

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 208-210

  Almekhlafi, Mohammed A ^a   Couillard, Philippe L ^a   Patry, David G ^a   Jetté, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nathalie.jette@albertahealthservices.ca

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; LORAZEPAM; PHENYTOIN; VIRUS DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEVER; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERCULAR SYNDROME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOBULBAR PALSY; REFLEX DISORDER; SEIZURE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TIC; TONGUE PARALYSIS;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BRAIN; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; EPILEPSIA PARTIALIS CONTINUA; EPILEPSY, FRONTAL LOBE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSEUDOBULBAR PALSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952079298     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181aa3791     Document Type: Article

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