The significance of measles virus antigen and genome distribution in the CNS in SSPE for mechanisms of viral spread and demyelination

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 471-480

  Allen, Ingrid V ^a   McQuaid, Stephen ^a,b   McMahon, Jill ^a   Kirk, John ^a   Mcconnell, Robert ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; Measles virus; SSPE

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMYELINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029990314     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199604000-00010     Document Type: Article

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