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Neonatal Herpes Simplex Infection

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Hass (1935) in 1935 described a fatal case of neonatal herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection with hepatoadrenal necrosis and intranuclear inclusion bodies. Neonatal herpes is defined as the diagnosis of HSV infection in an infant within the first 28 days of life.

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  1. Medical Genetics, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Perinatal and Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA

    Harold Chen

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Chen, H. (2017). Neonatal Herpes Simplex Infection. In: Atlas of Genetic Diagnosis and Counseling. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2401-1_173

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