Virological investigation of acute encephalitis in Noway by polymerase chain reaction and antibody assays from 1991-1994;Virologisk diagnostikk ved akutt encefalitt: Erfaringer med nukleinsyrepåvisning og ratioundersøkelse i perioden 1991-94

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 721-725

  Bruu, Anne Lise ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0030604415     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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