Unusual progression of herpes simplex encephalitis with basal ganglia and extensive white matter involvement

Neurology International

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-35

  Ono, Yoichi ^a   Manabe, Yasuhiro ^a   Nishimura, Hirotake ^b   Kono, Syoichiro ^a   Narai, Hisashi ^a   Omori, Nobuhiko ^a   Nanba, Yoichiro ^a   Abe, Koji ^c  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION OKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Herpes simplex encephalitis; Unusual progression; White matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871223873     PISSN: 20358385     EISSN: 20358377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ni.2009.e9     Document Type: Article

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