Steroid pulse therapy in herpes simplex encephalitis

Neurosciences

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 276-277

  Almalki, Dhaifallah M ^a   Al Suwaidan, Faisal B ^a  

^a KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ETIRACETAM; GLUCOSE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; ASIAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GLUCOSE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; HEADACHE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUROIMAGING; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; STEROID THERAPY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84906995536     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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