Seroprevalence of herpes simplex and varicella zoster virus among diabetic and non-diabetic patients with acute peripheral facial palsy

Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 30-33

  Said, Sameh M ^a   Alyan, Zakareya A ^b  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0037223597     PISSN: 13196138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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