Corticosteroids in Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-19-12-3

Corticosteroids in Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 19 (2005): Issue 12

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Dec 2005

Abstract

A non-randomized retrospective study of 45 adult patients (12 young adults) with herpes simplex virus encephalitis (HSVE), treated with acyclovir alone (23 patients) and acyclovir plus corticosteroids (22 patients), was conducted at Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-19-12-3 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 91 - 91

Published on: Dec 1, 2005

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis,

Corticosteroids,

Acyclovir

© 2005 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 19 (2005): Issue 12