Severe amnesia associated with human herpesvirus 6 encephalitis after bone marrow transplantation

Transplantation

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1086-1089

  MacLean, Heather J ^a   Douen, Andre G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA DETERMINATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY INFECTION; MALE; MEMORY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS PARTICLE;

EID: 0037090865     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200204150-00012     Document Type: Article

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