Varicella zoster virus-associated neurological disease in HIV-infected patients

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 79-83

  Brown, M ^a   Scarborough, M ^a   Brink, N ^b   Manji, H ^a   Miller, R ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA amplification; HIV infection; Neurological disease; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CIDOFOVIR; FAMCICLOVIR; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035134527     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462011916820     Document Type: Article

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