Postinfectious autoimmune-mediated encephalitis eight months after herpes simplex encephalitis

Eur Neurol. 2003;50(1):54-6. doi: 10.1159/000070860.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acyclovir / therapeutic use
  • Adolescent
  • Antibodies, Viral / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Brain / immunology
  • Brain / pathology
  • Cerebral Cortex / immunology
  • Cerebral Cortex / pathology
  • Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS / diagnosis*
  • Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS / drug therapy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / diagnosis*
  • Encephalitis, Herpes Simplex / drug therapy
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Recurrence
  • Simplexvirus / genetics
  • Simplexvirus / immunology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Virus Activation / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Prednisolone
  • Acyclovir