Herpes simplex esophagitis from 1307 autopsy cases

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1407-1411

  Itoh, Tohru ^a   Takahashi, Takashi ^b   Kusaka, Kazuya ^a   Kawaura, Ken ^a   Nakagawa, Yoshiaki ^a   Yamakawa, Jun'ichi ^a   Kanda, Tsugiyasu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy cases; Esophagitis; Herpes simplex; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; STAINING; VIRUS CULTURE;

EID: 0346099104     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2003.03166.x     Document Type: Article

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