Herpes varicella zoster encephalitis in immunocompromised patients

Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 193-195

  Weaver, Susan ^b   Rosenblum, Marc K ^a   DeAngelis, Lisa M ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HERPES ZOSTER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0032958449     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.52.1.193     Document Type: Article

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