Absence of echovirus sequences in brain and spinal cord and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 249-253

  Walker, Michelle Portlance ^a   Schlaberg, Robert ^b   Hays, Arthur P ^b   Bowser, Robert ^c   Ian Lipkin, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHO VIRUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD; UNITED STATES; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; ECHOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0035132168     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(20010201)49:2<249::AID-ANA46>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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