HHV6 meningoencephalitis sequelae in previously healthy children

Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 563-566

  Bozzola, E ^a   Krzysztofiak, A ^a   Bozzola, M ^b   Calcaterra, V ^b   Quondamcarlo, A ^a   Lancella, L ^a   Villani, A ^a  

^a BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; HHV6; Meningoencephalitis; Sequelae

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

AGITATION; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEVER; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPEECH DISORDER; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84867705548     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: 14390973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-012-0295-9     Document Type: Article

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