Herpes simplex type 1 encephalitis restricted to the brainstem in a pediatric patient

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Arita, Juliana Harumi ^a   Lin, Jaime ^a   Peruchi, Mirella Maccarini ^b   Rodrigues, Marcelo Masruha ^a   Vilanova, Luiz Celso Pereira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 82755173447     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/606584     Document Type: Article

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