Viruses and Prions in the CNS, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics

Viruses and Prions in the CNS, An Issue of Neuroimaging Clinics (The Clinics: Radiology)
By E. Turgut Tali (ed)

Product Details
* Hardcover: 240 pages
* Publisher: Saunders; 1 edition (March 31, 2008)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1416060499

Book Description
Most central nervous system diseases that lead to severe neurologic dysfunction or death are caused by viruses and abnormally configured proteins called prions. This new issue of Neuroimaging Clinics, Guest Edited by Turgut Tali, explores the imaging used to detect these diseases. Articles cover topics on Neuropathology of Virus Infections of the CNS, Imaging of "slow viruses" Infections of the CNS, Imaging of Post-infectious Encephalomyelitis, and Imaging of HSV Infections of the CNS.

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