General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 403-407 , September 2006

Depressive symptoms following herpes simplex encephalitis — an underestimated phenomenon?

  • Christian Fazekas, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Medical University Graz, A - 8036 Graz, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 316 385 83045; fax: +43 316 385 3155.
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  • Christian Enzinger, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Medical University Graz, A - 8036 Graz, Austria
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  • Mirja Wallner, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Medical University Graz, A - 8036 Graz, Austria
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  • Udo Kischka, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre, OX3 7LD Oxford, UK
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  • Eva Greimel, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University Graz, A - 8036 Graz, Austria
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  • Peter Kapeller, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Medical University Graz, A - 8036 Graz, Austria
    • Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University Graz, A - 8036 Graz, Austria
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  • Peter Stix, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Medical University Graz, A - 8036 Graz, Austria
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  • Walter Pieringer, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Medical University Graz, A - 8036 Graz, Austria
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  • Franz Fazekas, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Medical University Graz, A - 8036 Graz, Austria
    • Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University Graz, A - 8036 Graz, Austria

Received 13 February 2006 ,Accepted 16 May 2006.

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PII: S0163-8343(06)00089-2

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.05.004

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 403-407 , September 2006

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