Cytomegalovirus myelitis in a child infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 549-551

  Marriage, Stephen C ^a   Booy, Robert ^a   Hermione Lyall, E G ^a   Evans, Jennifer A ^a   Owens, Catherine ^a   Primrose Watkins, R ^a   Walters, Sam ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cytomegalovirus; Human immunodeficiency virus; myelitis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MYELITIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINITIS; SPASTICITY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELITIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0029979073     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199606000-00019     Document Type: Article

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