Successful treatment of human herpesvirus-6 encephalitis after bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1245-1248

  Bethge, W ^b   Beck, R ^b   Jahn, G ^b   Mundinger, P ^b   Kanz, L ^b   Einsele, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Encephalitis; Foscarnet; Human herpesvirus 6

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETOPOSIDE; FLUCONAZOLE; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; OFLOXACIN; PREDNISONE; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0033397257     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702065     Document Type: Article

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