Presence of human herpesvirus 6 and herpes simplex virus detected by polymerase chain reaction in surgical tissue from temporal lobe epileptic patients

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 589-593

  Uesugi, Hideji ^a,c   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^b   Maehara, Taketoshi ^b   Arai, Nobutaka ^b   Nakayama, Hiroshi ^b  

^a National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain deoxyribonucleic acid; Herpes simplex virus; Human herpesvirus 6; Polymerase chain reaction; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033778557     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00758.x     Document Type: Article

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