Detection of infectious agents in brain of patients with acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis

Journal of NeuroVirology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 439-446

  An, Shu F ^a   Groves, Michael ^a   Martinian, Lillian ^a   Kuo, Lu T ^a   Scaravilli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis; Herpes simplex virus; Immunohistochemistry; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYCOPLASMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VACCINATION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN; CHILD; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA VIRUSES; HERPES; HERPES VIRUS 6; HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN HERPES VIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MYCOPLASMA; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BRAIN; CHILD; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 0036816847     PISSN: 13550284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13550280260422749     Document Type: Article

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