Fulminant demyelinating encephalomyelitis associated with productive HHV-6 infection in an immunocompetent adult

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 301-308

  Novoa, Louis J ^a   Nagra, Rashed M ^b   Nakawatase, Tomoko ^a   Edwards Lee, Terri ^a   Tourtellotte, Wallace W ^b   Cornford, Marcia E ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Demyelination; Encephalomyelitis; Human herpes virus 6

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; BRAIN; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

HERPES; HERPES VIRUS 6; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN HERPES VIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; POMACANTHUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0030812348     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(199707)52:3<301::AID-JMV11>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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