Chorea and developmental regression associated with human herpes virus-6 encephalitis

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 249-251

  Pulickal, Anoop S ^a   Ramachandran, Simi ^b   Rizek, Philippe ^c   Narula, Pramod ^d   Schubert, Romaine ^d  

^a WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; DIAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; FOSCARNET; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LORAZEPAM; PYRIDOXINE;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHOREA; CLONIC SEIZURE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPES VIRUS 6 ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MACULOPAPULAR RASH; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; REMISSION; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

CHOREA; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SEIZURES;

EID: 84873979273     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: 18735150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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