Prolonged acyclovir treatment in a child with opercular syndrome related to herpes simplex encephalitis

• Main Authors: Arzu Karli (Author), Gülnar Şensoy (Author), Emine Tekin (Author), Ayşe İ. Sofuoğlu (Author), Meltem C. Bilgici (Author), Hamit Özyürek (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: HSV 1 encephalitis is the most common cause of sporadic and focal viral encephalitis. Opercular syndrome is characterized by swallowing and speech difficulties which are associated with deterioration of voluntary control of face, pharynx, tongue and chewing muscles. It can be developed in p...