Diagnosis of viral infections of the central nervous system: Clinical interpretation of PCR results

Lancet

Volumn 349, Issue 9048, 1997, Pages 313-317

  Jeffery, Katie J M ^a,c   Read, Steven J ^a   Peto, Timothy E A ^a   Mayon White, Richard T ^b   Bangham, Charles R M ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxfordshire Dept of Public Health   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0031019001     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)08107-X     Document Type: Article

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