High-Dose Ganciclovir in HHV-6 Encephalitis of an Immunocompetent Child

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-56

  Olli Lähdesmäki, Tuire ^a   Haataja, Leena ^a   Parkkola, Riitta ^a   Waris, Matti ^b   Bleyzac, Nathalie ^c   Ruuskanen, Olli ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LORAZEPAM; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG RESPONSE; EPILEPSY; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; GANCICLOVIR; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953017285     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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