Diagnosis of cytomegalovirus (CMV) polyradiculopathy and documentation of in vivo anti-CMV activity in cerebrospinal fluid by using branched DNA signal amplification and antigen assays

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 348-352

  Flood, Jennifer ^b   Drew, William Lawrence ^a   Miner, Richard ^c   Jekic McMullen, Dragana ^c   Shen, Lu Ping ^c   Kolberg, Janice ^c   Garvey, Janice ^c   Follansbee, Stephen ^c   Poscher, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; IN VIVO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; POLYRADICULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 0030753964     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514051     Document Type: Article

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