Infrequent detection of human herpesvirus 6 DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from multiple sclerosis patients

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 391-394

  Mayne, Michael ^a   Krishnan, Jay ^a,b   Metz, Luanne ^c   Nath, Avindra ^d   Auty, Anthony ^a   Sahai, Beni M ^a,b   Power, Christopher ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Cadham Provincial Laboratories   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME;

ADULT; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031709318     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410440317     Document Type: Article

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