Meningoencephalitis caused by HHV-6A in a previously healthy immunocompetent adult [1];Meningoencephalitis causada por el VHH-6A en un adulto inmunocometente previamente sano

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 357-

  Losada, Isabel ^a   Pozo, Francisco ^b   Tenorio, Antonio ^b   Dámaso, Diego ^c  

^a HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; PHENYTOIN;

ADULT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LETTER; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VIRUS STRAIN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0037445034     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13044228     Document Type: Letter

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