Varicella-zoster virus encephalitis localized to the bilateral medial temporal lobes

Neurology: Neuroimmunology and NeuroInflammation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Yajima, Ryuji ^a   Utsumi, Kota ^a   Ishihara, Tomohiko ^a   Kanazawa, Masato ^a   Okamoto, Kouichirou ^a   Kawachi, Izumi ^a   Nishizawa, Masatoyo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; RO ANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC NEUROPATHY; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT DURATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

EID: 84995420775     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23327812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000000108     Document Type: Short Survey

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