A 49-yr-old female developed a rapidly progressive neurological illness. The gross, light microscopic and electron-microscopic examination of the brain revealed all of the characteristic features of acute necrotising encephalitis with predominant involvement of the left limbic system. The distributi
Epstein-Barr virus encephalitis mimicking clinical and electroencephalographic characteristics of herpes simplex encephalitis
β Scribed by Zoltan Chadaide; Erika Voros; Szatmar Horvath
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 112 KB
- Volume
- 80
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0146-6615
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