Delayed MRI findings in herpes simplex encephalitis

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-157

  Jiang, Yun ^a   Tang, Liya ^a   Gao, Ping ^a   Qin, Shaosen ^a   Jiang, Jingwen ^a  

^a BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PHENYTOIN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BACKACHE; BETA RHYTHM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; COMATOSE PATIENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISORIENTATION; DIZZINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LETHARGY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SHOULDER PAIN; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIROLOGY;

ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 79952278592     PISSN: 03171671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100120839     Document Type: Article

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