A practitioner's guide to human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) and human herpesvirus-7 (HHV-7)

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 833-842

  Caserta, Mary T ^a,b   Hall, Caroline Breese ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; FOSCARNET; GANCICLOVIR;

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXANTHEMA SUBITUM; FEMALE; FEVER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 7; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; SEROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0344936701     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.1998.12.833     Document Type: Conference Paper

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