Detection of Herpesviridae in postmortem multiple sclerosis brain tissue and controls by polymerase chain reaction

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 249-258

  Sanders, Virginia J ^b   Felisan, Stephen ^a,b   Waddell, Aimee ^a,b   Tourtellotte, Wallace W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Demyelination; Epstein Barr virus; Human herpesvirus 6; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERSISTENT VIRUS INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS LATENCY; VIRUS PLAQUE; WHITE MATTER;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0029814261     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13550289609146888     Document Type: Article

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