Pediatric Radiology

, Volume 38, Issue 3, pp 354–355 | Cite as

Neuroimaging of Epstein-Barr virus infections in children

  • Patrice Morand
  • Samira Fafi-Kremer
  • Ludovic Mansuy
  • Emmanuelle Schmitt
  • Stéphane Kremer
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Keywords

Leiomyosarcoma Meningoencephalitis Smooth Muscle Tumour Herpesvirus Infection Intraparenchymal Tumour 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Patrice Morand
    • 1
  • Samira Fafi-Kremer
    • 2
  • Ludovic Mansuy
    • 3
  • Emmanuelle Schmitt
    • 4
  • Stéphane Kremer
    • 5
  1. 1.Laboratoire de Virologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaires de GrenobleJoseph Fourier University, UMR CNRS 5233GrenobleFrance
  2. 2.Institute of VirologyHopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Louis Pasteur University, Inserm U748StrasbourgFrance
  3. 3.Paediatric Oncology ServiceCHU de NancyNancyFrance
  4. 4.Neuroradiology ServiceCHU de NancyNancyFrance
  5. 5.Radiology Service 2Hopitaux Universitaires de StrasbourgStrasbourgFrance

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