Herpes simplex virus infections of the central nervous system in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients: Clinical management by polymerase chain reaction assay of cerebrospinal fluid

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 303-309

  Cinque, Paola ^a   Vago, Luca ^b   Marenzi, Roberta ^b   Giudici, Barbara ^b   Weber, Thomas ^b   Corradini, Rita ^b   Ceresa, Daniela ^b   Lazzarin, Adriano ^b   Linde, Annika ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0031902210     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514657     Document Type: Article

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