Human herpes virus-6 encephalitis after bone marrow transplantation: Successful treatment with ganciclovir

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 905-906

  Mookerjee, B P ^a   Vogelsang, G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Encephalitis; Human herpes virus 6

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0030786167     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700988     Document Type: Article

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