The value of cerebrospinal fluid antiviral antibody in the diagnosis of neurologic disease produced by varicella zoster virus

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 140-144

  Gilden, D H ^a   Bennett, J L ^a   Kleinschmidt Demasters, B K ^a   Song, D D ^a   Yee, A S ^a   Steiner, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Antibody; CSF; Myelitis; PCR; VZV encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0032516928     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00153-1     Document Type: Review

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