BK virus encephalitis in a HIV positive patient. Preliminary data;Encefalite da BK virus in un paziente sieropositivo per HIV. Dati preliminari

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 247-

  Garavelli, Pietro Luigi ^a,b   Boldorini, Renzo ^a  

^a ASO Maggiore della Carita   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

BKV; Encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BK VIRUS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; BK VIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; POLYOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0038842420     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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