Acute Encephalitis Associated with SARS-CoV-2 Confirmed in Cerebrospinal Fluid: First Case in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Tee, Tze Yuan, Alif Adlan, Mohd Thabit, Khoo, Ching Soong, Hisham, Md Shahrom, Chan, En Ze, Marsilla Mariaty, Marzukie, Zul Amali, Che Kamaruddin, Ravindran, Thayan, Suresh Kumar, Chidambaram
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korean Neurological Association 2021
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine; RZ Other systems of medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36638/1/encephalitis1.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36638/; https://thejcn.com/pdf/10.3988/jcn.2021.17.3.490; https://doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2021.17.3.490

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