Human parvovirus B19, varicella zoster virus, and human herpes virus 6 in temporal artery biopsy specimens of patients with giant cell arteritis: Analysis with quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 780-782

  Alvarez Lafuente R ^a   Fernandez Gutierrez B ^a   Jover, J A ^a   Judez E ^a   Loza, E ^a   Clemente, D ^a   Garcia Asenjo J A ^a   Lamas, J R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARVOVIRUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPORAL ARTERY; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 17644420044     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.025320     Document Type: Article

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