Subacute measles encephalitis in an immunocompetent adult

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 600-604

  Croxson, M C ^a   Anderson, N E ^b   Vaughan, A A ^a   Hutchinson, D O ^b   Schroeder, B A ^a   Cluroe, A D ^b   Hyatt, A D ^c  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Australian Animal Health Laboratories ^*  (New Zealand)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Measles; Polymerase chain reaction; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT FIXING ANTIBODY; MEASLES ANTIBODY; NUCLEOPROTEIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MEASLES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPINAL CORD; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 0036744113     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/jocn.2001.1062     Document Type: Article

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