A feasibility study of quantifying longitudinal brain changes in herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and stereology

Objectives To assess whether it is feasible to quantify acute change in temporal lobe volume and total oedema volumes in herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis as a preliminary to a trial of corticosteroid therapy. Methods The study analysed serially acquired magnetic resonance images (MRI), of pat...

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Main Authors: Defres, S, Keller, S, Das, K, Vidyasagar, R, Parkes, L, Burnside, G, Griffiths, M, Kopelman, M, Roberts, N, Solomon, T, Backman, R, Baker, G, Beeching, N, Breen, R, Brown, D, Cheyne, C, Carrol, E, Davies, N, Easton, A, Eccles, M, Foy, R, Garcia-Finana, M, Granerod, J, Griem, J, Gummery, A, Harris, L, Hickey, H, Hill, H, Jacoby, A, Hardwick, H, Kierans, C, Cooper, J, Kneen, R, Lancaster, G, Levin, M, McDonald, R, Medina-Lara, A, Menson, E, Michael, B, Martin, N, Sadarangani, M, Pennington, A, Pollard, A, Riley, J, Salter, A, Thornton, M, Vincent, A, Warlow, C
Format: Journal article
Published: Public Library of Science 2017