Polymerase chain reaction for the laboratory diagnosis of aseptic meningitis and encephalitis

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 58, Issue 3 B, 2000, Pages 836-842

  Chesky, Marisa ^b   Scalco, Rosana ^b   Failace, Luciane ^b   Read, Steven ^b   Jobim, Luiz Fernando ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Central nervous system (CNS); Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Encephalitis; Lymphocytic meningitis; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, ASEPTIC; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034277021     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2000000500008     Document Type: Article

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