Immunocytochemical characterization of long-term persistent immune activation in human brain after herpes simplex encephalitis

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-294

  Lellouch Tubiana, A ^a   Fohlen, M ^b   Robain, O ^c   Rozenberg, F ^c  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

Author keywords

Cerebral inflammation; Encephalitis; Epilepsy; Herpes simplex virus; Immunocytochemistry; Neurosurgery; PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, CD3; BIOPSY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA, VIRAL; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SIMPLEXVIRUS; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034118465     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2990.2000.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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