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Published on August 1, 2008 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2008.07.560

Herpes simplex virus encephalitis: diagnosis and treatment

Encefalitis por virus herpes simple: diagnóstico y tratamiento

Carmen Luz Avilés Lohmann

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Carmen Luz Avilés Lohmann

Complejo de Salud San Borja-Arriarán, Santiago, Chile

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Citation Avilés Lohmann CL. Herpes simplex virus encephalitis: diagnosis and treatment. Medwave 2012;12(07):e560 doi: 10.5867/medwave.2008.07.560

Submission date 01/01/1970

Acceptance date 01/01/1970

Publication date 01/08/2008

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