A case of varicella-zoster myelopathy

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 470-472

  Aizawa, H ^a   Suzutani, T ^b   Yahara, O ^b   Gotoh, R ^c   Morita, K ^a   Minami, H ^a   Sasaki, N ^a   Tobise, K ^a  

^a Nayoro City General Hospital   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c Nayoro City University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Cerebrospinal fluid; Myelopathy; Nested polymerase chain reaction; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030016223     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb00028.x     Document Type: Article

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