Human herpes virus 6 encephalitis in allopurinol-induced hypersensitivity syndrome

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 128-131

  Masaki, Taro ^a   Fukunaga, Atsushi ^a   Tohyama, Mikiko ^b   Koda, Yoshiyuki ^a   Okuda, Shiho ^a   Maeda, Nobuya ^a   Kanda, Fumio ^a   Yasukawa, Masaki ^b   Hashimoto, Koji ^b   Horikawa, Tatsuya ^a   Ueda, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Herpesvirus; Neurological symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALLOPURINOL; COLCHICINE; FOSFOMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LOXOPROFEN; NICARDIPINE; PREDNISOLONE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ERYTHEMA; GENOTYPE; GOUT; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ALLOPURINOL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0037256127     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550310007481     Document Type: Article

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