Epstein Barr virus encephalitis: Clinical diversity and radiological similarity

Neurology India

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 605-607

  Kalita, J ^a   Maurya, P K ^a   Kumar, B ^a   Misra, U K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chorea; electroencephalogram; encephalitis; Epstein Barr virus; magnetic resonance imaging; movement disorder; outcome; visual loss

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CHILD; CHOREA; DECEREBRATION; DEHYDRATION; DYSTONIA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPASTICITY; TACHYCARDIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VOMITING;

CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE;

EID: 80053398788     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.84347     Document Type: Article

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