HHV-6, Infantile Spasms, and Cerebellar Astocytoma

Abstract

A case of human herpesvirus-6 encephalitis, carditis, infantile spasms, and a subsequent cerebellar astrocytoma containing the HHV-6 genome, is reported from the University of Oulu, Finland.

Keywords

• human herpesvirus-6
• infantile spasms
• cerebellar astrocytoma