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Varicella-Zoster Virus Limbic Encephalitis in an Immunocompromised Patient

Pierre Tattevin Clinique des Maladies Infectieuses et Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Pontchaillou , Rennes
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Frédérique Schortgen Clinique de Réanimation des Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris
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Thomas De Broucker Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Delafontaine, Saint-Denis
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Sandrine Dautheville Service de Néurologie, Hôpital Tenon , Paris, France
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Michel Wolff Clinique de Réanimation des Maladies Infectieuses, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris
Pages 786-788 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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