Clinical relevance of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays and antigen-driven immunoblots for the diagnosis of neurological infectious diseases

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-308

  Sindic, C J M ^a   Van Antwerpen, M P ^a   Goffette, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Infections of nervous system; Intrathecal immune responses; Neurovirology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0043092013     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(03)00093-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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