Detection of herpes simplex virus DNA in non-herpetic areas of patients with eczema herpeticum

Dermatology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 104-107

  Amatsu, A ^a   Yoshida, M ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Eczema herpeticum; Herpes simplex virus

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND INFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCRATCHING; VIRAL SKIN DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034072965     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018339     Document Type: Article

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