Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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Frontal impairment and confabulation after herpes simplex encephalitis: A case report

,Revised 7 May 2001 ,Accepted 7 May 2001.

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☆ No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

☆☆ Reprint requests to Elisabetta Farina, MD, Neurorehabilitation Unit I.R.C.C.S. S. Maria Nascente, Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation, University of Milan, Via Capecelatro No. 66, 20148 Milan, Italy, e-mail: efarina@dongnocchi.it.

PII: S0003-9993(02)13142-X

doi: 10.1053/apmr.2002.29646

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 83, Issue 3 , Pages 423-426 , March 2002

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