Prevalence of human herpesvirus 6 in lung tissue from children with pneumonitis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 802-804

  Hammerling, J A ^a   Lambrecht, R S ^a   Kehl, K S ^a   Carrigan, D R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Human herpesvirus 6; Viral pneumonitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029821668     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.49.10.802     Document Type: Article

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