Virological diagnosis of herpes zoster;Virologische diagnostik des herpes zoster

Hautarzt

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 873-878

  Sauerbrei, Andreas ^a   Sommer, Monika ^b   Wutzler, Peter ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Herpes zoster; Polymerase chain reaction; Varicella zoster virus; Vital diagnosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0033388903     PISSN: 00178470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001050051002     Document Type: Article

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