Herpes Zoster Encephalitis
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picture of the encephalitis may be fulminating with a fatal outcome, or it ^ be of a much milder nature with ultimate recovery, as in the case here recor^ The present case is reported as an example of its association with occasional manifestation, the Ramsay Hunt syndrome, or so-called herpes " (Hunt, 1907). This syndrome in its most severe form, comp^, peripheral facial palsy, herpetic eruption on the ear, face or neck, and in ment of the auditory nerve.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 70 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1954