Human herpesvirus 6 encephalitis

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 869-875

  Yoshikawa, Tetsushi ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human herpesvirus 6; Limbic encephalitis; Primary infection; Reactivation

Indexed keywords

FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DNA VIRUS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IN VITRO STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PATIENT CARE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; INFANT; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIROLOGY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INFANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

EID: 77955809111     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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