Chronic Granulomatous Herpes Encephalitis in a Child with Clinically Intractable Epilepsy

• Main Authors: James R. Hackney (Author), D. Keith Harrison (Author), Curtis Rozzelle (Author), Suthida Kankirawatana (Author), Pongkiat Kankirawatana (Author), Cheryl Ann Palmer (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Most patients with herpes simplex virus Type I encephalitis experience an acute, monophasic illness. Chronic encephalitis is much less common, and few late relapses are associated with intractable seizure disorders. A 10-year-old boy was admitted to our institution for intractable epilepsy as part o...