Varicella zoster virus myelitis without skin lesions: Possible cause of the radicular syndrome;Varicella-Zoster-Virus-Myelitis sine herpete Eine wichtige Differentialdiagnose radikulärer Syndrome

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 331-335

  Jacobs, A ^a,b   Bamborschke, S ^a,b   Szelies, B ^a,b   Lanfermann, H ^a,c   Schroder R ^a,b   Heiss, W D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie   (Germany)

^c Neuroradiologie Institutes P   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DRUG THERAPY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYELITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMORRHOIDS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MYELITIS; PAIN; REMISSION INDUCTION; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0029983868     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1043009     Document Type: Article

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