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. 1984 Jun;47(6):648–650. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.47.6.648

Acute autonomic neuropathy following primary herpes simplex infection.

B G Neville, G E Sladen
PMCID: PMC1027866  PMID: 6330312

Abstract

A 13-year-old girl presented with postural hypotension, severe abdominal pain and diarrhoea, parotid pain and a transient encephalopathy. There was evidence of an acute autonomic neuropathy and some electrophysiological evidence of a transient peripheral somatic neuropathy. The likely cause was primary herpes simplex infection.

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