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Chloride Channels/genetics , Genetic Diseases, X-Linked/genetics , Kidney Diseases/genetics , Phenotype , 5' Untranslated Regions/genetics , Adolescent , Adult , Child , Child, Preschool , Genetic Diseases, X-Linked/pathology , Humans , Infant , Kidney Diseases/pathology , Mutation/genetics , Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational , Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction , Sequence Analysis, DNAABSTRACT
Herpes Simplex Encephalitis (HSE) is an uncommon but severe disease with high mortality and morbidity. The major clinical manifestations are deteriorating consciousness with confusion, drowsiness or coma, altered behaviour, convulsions and a variety of neurological signs (hemiplegia, aphasia, ataxia, etc.). An uncommon complication of HSE is Kluver Bucy syndrome (KBS), characterized by hyperorality, bulimia and changes in emotional behaviour. Neuroimaging studies frequently show an involvement of the temporal lobes and limbic areas. Another uncommon complication of HSE is central diabetes insipidus as a result of herpes simplex infection of the hypothalamus. We report two pediatric cases of HSE complicated with Kluver Bucy syndrome and central diabetes insipidus.
