Bilateral Thalamic Hyperintensities in a case of Viral Encephalitis

Bilateral Thalamic Hyperintensities in a case of Viral Encephalitis

Sir, Japanese encephalitis is a central nervous system (CNS) infection caused by flavi virus, and it has high endemicity in southern parts of India. In endemic regions with appropriate history, even in the absence of serological evidence the most important clinical diagnosis of bilateral thalamic hy...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of global infectious diseases 2010-09, Vol.2 (3), p.310-311
Hauptverfasser: Mohanasundaram, Kavitha, Narayanan, Srinivasan, Kumarasamy, Subramaniyan
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Sprache:eng
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Care and treatment
Causes of
Central nervous system
Demographic aspects
Diagnosis
Diagnostic imaging
Disease
Encephalitis
Encephalitis, Viral
Letters to Editor
Respiratory distress syndrome
Vector-borne diseases
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Zusammenfassung:Sir, Japanese encephalitis is a central nervous system (CNS) infection caused by flavi virus, and it has high endemicity in southern parts of India. In endemic regions with appropriate history, even in the absence of serological evidence the most important clinical diagnosis of bilateral thalamic hyperintensities is viral encephalitis, possibly Japanese encephalitis.
ISSN:0974-777X
0974-8245
DOI:10.4103/0974-777X.68541