Uncommon neurologic complications related to varicella-zoster virus;Complicaciones neurologicas infrecuentes asociadas al virus varicela zoster

Neurologia

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 94-97

  Martin Del Pozo M ^a   Benito Leon J ^a,b   Rodriguez J ^a   Molina, J A ^a   Diaz Guzman J ^a   Bermejo, F P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Encephalitis; Herpes zoster; Myelitis; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYELITIS; SPAIN; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; HERPES ZOSTER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

ACICLOVIR; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; STEROID;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; STEROIDS;

EID: 0031993824     PISSN: 02134853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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