An autopsy case of elderly-onset herpes simplex encephalitis with acute respiratory failure caused by brainstem lesions
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Atypical brainstem encephalitis caused by herpes simplex virus 2.
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عنوان ژورنال: Rinsho Shinkeigaku
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0009-918X,1882-0654
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-001438