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An Unusual Presentation of Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis
Case Reports in Medicine DOI:10.1155/2012/241710, Boyapati, R.,et al, 2012
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Article Abstract
The case illustrates the importance of actively excluding organic causes in such patients, the need to have a low threshold of suspicion for HSV encephalitis, and the central role of CSF PCR testing for the diagnosis of HSV encephalitis, even in the absence of CSF biochemical abnormalities.
 
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