Herpetic brainstem encephalitis: report of a post-mortem case studied electron microscopically and immunohisiochemically
A post-mortem examined case of herpetic brainstem encephalitis is presented. Clinically, the patient had cephalea followed by ataxia, drowsiness and multiple palsies of some cranial nerves, developing into death in eight days. The pathologic examination of the brain showed necrotizing encephalitis i...
Main Authors: | José Eymard Homem Pitella, Virgínia Hora Rios Leite, Marco Aurélio Lana-Peixoto, Carlos Eduardo Bacchi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
1987-03-01
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Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1987000100006&lng=en&tlng=en |
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