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Herpes Simpledx Type 1 Encephalitis in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Ann Neurol 34:619-622, Tan,S.V.,et al, 1993
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Article Abstract
A severe acute necrotizing herpes simplex virus type I encephalitis, apparently mediated by macrophages or cytokines or both,was seen in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.The necrosis had a distribution similar to that seen in immunocompetent subjects.Viral inclusions were abundant and meningeal reaction was minimal,as previously described in one anergic patient.
 
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