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

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    Takehiro Uda, Hirotaka Ito, Atsushi Hosono, Shigeki Sunaga & Michiharu Morino

  2. Department of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Neurological Hospital, 2-6-1, Musashidai, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-0042, Japan

    Reiji Koide

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Uda, T., Koide, R., Ito, H. et al. Relapse of herpes simplex virus encephalitis after surgical treatment for temporal lobe epilepsy: rare complication of epilepsy surgery. J Neurol 260, 318–320 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6735-8

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