Herpes zoster myelitis: Report of two cases

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 279-280

  Amayo, E O ^a   Kwasa, T O ^a   Otieno, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPES ZOSTER MYELITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYELITIS; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RASH; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELITIS; PARAPLEGIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036587358     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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