Measurement of viral sequences in cerebrospinal fluid of AIDS patients with cerebral white-matter lesions using polymerase chain reaction

AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 581-590

  Monno, Laura ^a   Di Stefano, Mariantonietta ^a   Zimatore, Giovanni B ^a   Andreula, Cosma F ^a   Appice, Amelia ^a   Perulli, Luisa M ^a   Fiore, Josè R ^a   Pastore, Giuseppe ^a   Angarano, Gioacchino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cytomegalovirus; HIV 1; JC virus; Polymerase chain reaction; White matter lesions

Indexed keywords

FOSCARNET; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JC VIRUS; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MULTIFOCAL LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; SYMPTOM; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0032537174     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199806000-00006     Document Type: Article

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