Rabies virus infection: Report of an autopsy case with comprehensive pathologic, immunofluorescent, immunohistochemical and molecular studies

Tzu Chi Medical Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Hsu, Yung Hsiang ^a   Wang, Lih Shinn ^a   Chen, Li Kuang ^a   Lee, Jen Jen ^a   Yang, Hui Hua ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; Interstitial pneumonitis; Myocarditis; Rabies

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GANGLION; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; LYMPHOCYTE; MYOCARDITIS; NEURITIS; PATHOGENESIS; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; THALAMUS; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 23244447612     PISSN: 10163190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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