Severe Infectious Mononucleosis-like Syndrome and Primary Human Herpesvirus 6 Infection in an Adult

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 329, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 168-171

  Akashi, Koichi ^a   Eizuru, Yoshito ^b   Sumiyoshi, Yoshiaki ^c   Minematsu, Toshio ^b   Hara, Sachiko ^a   Harada, Mine ^d   Kikuchi, Masahiro ^c   Niho, Yoshiyuki ^d   Minamishima, Yoichi ^b  

^a HARASANSHIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CASE REPORT; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYNDROME;

EID: 0027230447     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199307153290304     Document Type: Article

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