Chorea Associated with HHV-6 Encephalitis

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-4-2

Chorea Associated with HHV-6 Encephalitis

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 27 (2013): Issue 4

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Apr 2013

Abstract

Investigators at Brown University, Providence, RI and other centers in the US and Canada report a 14-month old child with multiple episodes of febrile status epilepticus, followed by chorea and developmental regression, caused by human herpes virus-6 encephalitis.

References

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-4-2 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 26 - 26

Published on: Apr 1, 2013

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

HHV-6 Encephalitis,

Febrile Convulsions,

HHV-6 Infection

© 2013 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 27 (2013): Issue 4