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Are Steroids a Beneficial Adjunctive Therapy in the Immunosuppressed Patient with Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis?
Few reports describe the reactivation of latent herpes simplex virus causing encephalitis (HSVE) in patients undergoing brain radiation therapy and a concomitant steroid regimen. The role for steroid use in the treatment of patients with HSVE has not been fully elucidated. We report the case of a fe...
Autores principales: | Lizarraga, Karlo J., Alexandre, Lucien C., Ramos-Estebanez, Ciro, Merenda, Amedeo |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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S. Karger AG
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3635685/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23626565 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000350572 |
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