Value of laboratory investigations in clinical suspicion of cytomegalovirus-induced upper gastrointestinal tract ulcerations in HIV-infected patients

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-33

  Dorigo Zetsma, J W ^a   Van Der Meer, J T M ^a   Tersmette, M ^a   Ten Kate, F J W ^a   Wertheim van Dillen, P M E ^a   Van Der Noordaa, J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AIDS; Anti CMV therapy; Esophageal ulceration; Immunohistology; Shell via culture

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM ULCER; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; SHELL VIAL;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH ULCER; ULCER;

CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0029884897     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199605)49:1<29::AID-JMV5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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