Encephalitis in immunocompetent patients due to herpes simplex virus type 1 or 2 : Determination by polymerase chain reaction and detection of intrathecal virus-specific oligoclonal antibodies

Acta Neurologica Belgica

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 233-239

  Monteyne, Ph ^a,b   Laterre, E C ^a   Sindic, C J M ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031305793     PISSN: 03009009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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