Synchronous herpes simplex virus and cytomegalovirus esophagitis

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 491-494

  Vodovnik, A ^a   Cerar, A ^b  

^a Gavle Sandviken County Hospital   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Esophagitis; Herpes simplex virus; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOPENIA; SEPTIC SHOCK; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INCLUSION BODIES; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033919684     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-14887     Document Type: Article

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