Viral infections of the central nervous system

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 777-794

  Handique, Sanjeev Kumar ^a  

^a Institute of Neurological Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Infection; Neuroimaging; Virus

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHIKUNGUNYA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENGUE; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; MEASLES; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NIPAH VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; TROPICS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; DENGUE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; HENIPAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; NEUROIMAGING; NIPAH VIRUS; RABIES; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WEST NILE FEVER;

EID: 82455205889     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: 15579867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2011.07.012     Document Type: Review

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