Diagnosis of central nervous system complications in HIV-infected patients: Cerebrospinal fluid analysis by the polymerase chain reaction

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-17

  Cinque, Paola ^a   Scarpellini, Paolo ^a   Vago, Luca ^b   Linde, Annika ^a,c   Lazzarin, Adriano ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; Cytomegalovirus; HIV; JC virus; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DNA;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENCEPHALITIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JC VIRUS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSYPHILIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DNA; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 0031025940     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199701000-00003     Document Type: Review

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