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01-01-2013 | Letter to the Editors

Relapse of herpes simplex virus encephalitis after surgical treatment for temporal lobe epilepsy: rare complication of epilepsy surgery

Authors: Takehiro Uda, Reiji Koide, Hirotaka Ito, Atsushi Hosono, Shigeki Sunaga, Michiharu Morino

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 1/2013

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Title: Relapse of herpes simplex virus encephalitis after surgical treatment for temporal lobe epilepsy: rare complication of epilepsy surgery
Authors: Takehiro Uda
Reiji Koide
Hirotaka Ito
Atsushi Hosono
Shigeki Sunaga
Michiharu Morino
Publication date: 01-01-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 1/2013
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6735-8

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