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An Unusual Presentation of Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis

We present a case of a 65-year-old man with an acute alteration in mental state that was initially diagnosed as a functional psychiatric condition. After extensive workup, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) was detected in the patient's cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by polymerase chain reaction (P...

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Main Authors: Boyapati, Ray, Papadopoulos, George, Olver, James, Geluk, Michael, Johnson, Paul D. R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3443586/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22991517
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/241710
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