Encephalitis With Thalamic and Basal Ganglia Abnormalities: Etiologies, Neuroimaging, and Potential Role of Respiratory Viruses | Zendy

Geoffrey Beattie | Zendy; Carol Glaser | Zendy; Heather Sheriff | Zendy; Sharon Messenger | Zendy; Chris Preas | Zendy; Mahtab Shahkarami | Zendy; Arun Venkatesan | Zendy

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Encephalitis With Thalamic and Basal Ganglia Abnormalities: Etiologies, Neuroimaging, and Potential Role of Respiratory Viruses

Author(s) -

Geoffrey Beattie,

Carol Glaser,

Heather Sheriff,

Sharon Messenger,

Chris Preas,

Mahtab Shahkarami,

Arun Venkatesan

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/cis990

Subject(s) - basal ganglia , medicine , neuroimaging , etiology , encephalitis , pathology , respiratory system , viral encephalitis , thalamus , neuroscience , virology , central nervous system , virus , radiology , psychiatry , biology

Encephalitis is a severe neurological syndrome with devastating consequences. Despite extensive testing, the etiology often remains unknown. Involvement of the thalamus or basal ganglia (T/BG) occurs in a subset of patients with encephalitis and may be an important etiological clue. In order to improve diagnosis of T/BG patients, we reviewed this subgroup within the California Encephalitis Project (CEP).

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