Subacute herpes simplex encephalitis presenting as relapsing encephalitis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 257, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 843-845

  Peters, Nils ^a   Fesl, Gunther ^a   Theil, Diethilde ^a   Schüller, Ulrich ^b   Birnbaum, Tobias ^a   Brückmann, Hartmut ^a   Noachtar, Soheyl ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INSULA; LETTER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENCEPHALITIS; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954455987     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5451-5     Document Type: Letter

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