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Successful outcome of Epstein–Barr virus encephalitis managed with bilateral craniectomy, corticosteroids and aciclovir
- Correspondence to Jane Elizabeth Adcock, Department of Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital, West Wing, Headley Way, Oxford, Oxon OX3 9DU, UK; jane{at}fmrib.ox.ac.uk
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Successful outcome of Epstein–Barr virus encephalitis managed with bilateral craniectomy, corticosteroids and aciclovir
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- First published August 6, 2012.
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April 14, 2016
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