Herpes simplex and varicella-zoster infections: Clinical and laboratory diagnosis

General Dentistry

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 281-286

  Stoopler, Eric T ^a   Pinto, Andres ^a   DeRossi, Scott S ^a   Sollecito, Thomas P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; PARACETAMOL; PENCICLOVIR; PREDNISONE; STEROID; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BIOPSY; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEVER; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MOUTH INFECTION; MOUTH LESION; NEURALGIA; PAIN; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SYMPATHETIC BLOCKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DECISION TREE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERPES LABIALIS; MOUTH DISEASE; STOMATITIS; VIRUS CULTURE;

CYTODIAGNOSIS; DECISION TREES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HERPES LABIALIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMANS; MOUTH DISEASES; SEROLOGIC TESTS; STOMATITIS, HERPETIC; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 18244414920     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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