Human herpesvirus 6 is associated with focal encephalitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 571-576

  McCullers, Jonathan A ^a   Lakeman, Fred D ^a   Whitley, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029099423     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/21.3.571     Document Type: Article

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