Quantitative CSF PCR in Epstein-Barr virus infections of the central nervous system

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 543-548

  Weinberg, Adriana ^a   Li, Shaobing ^a   Palmer, Megan ^a   Tyler, Kenneth L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SEROLOGY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, VIRAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0036830122     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.10321     Document Type: Article

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