Long-term outcome of acute encephalitis of unknown aetiology in adults

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 621-626

  Schmidt, A ^a,b   Buhler R ^c   Muhlemann K ^a,b   Hess, C W ^c   Tauber M G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Encephalitis of unknown aetiology; Functional deficits; Long term sequelae; Neurological sequelae; Outcome

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMA; ENCEPHALITIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 79952710413     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03276.x     Document Type: Article

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