Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 217, Issue 1 , Pages 111-113 , 15 January 2004

Acyclovir responsive brain stem disease after the Ramsay Hunt syndrome

  • Shuching Hu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Box 356465, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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  • Melanie Walker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Box 356465, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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  • Todd Czartoski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Box 356465, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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  • Alan Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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  • Bagher Forghani

      Affiliations

    • Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, Division of Communicable Disease Control, California Department of Health Services, Richmond, CA, USA
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  • Donald H. Gilden

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Neurology and Microbiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
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  • Gwenn A. Garden

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-206-616-9402; fax: +1-206-685-8100.
    • Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Box 356465, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

Received 30 May 2003 ,Revised 22 August 2003 ,Accepted 25 August 2003.

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PII: S0022-510X(03)00263-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2003.08.011

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 217, Issue 1 , Pages 111-113 , 15 January 2004

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