Encephalomyeloradiculopathy associated with Epstein-Barr virus: Primary infection or reactivation?

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 416-420

  Merelli, E ^a,b   Bedin, R ^a   Sola, P ^a   Gentilini, M ^a   Pietrosemoli, P ^a   Meacci, M ^a   Portolani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Cytomegalovirus; Encephalomyeloradiculopathy; Epstein Barr virus; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MENINGITIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYELITIS; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNDROME DELINEATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

EID: 0031464614     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00309.x     Document Type: Article

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