Post-mortem diagnosis of encephalitis in a 75-year-old man associated with human herpesvirus-6 variant A

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 244-248

  Portolani, Marinella ^a   Tamassia, Maria Grazia ^a   Gennari, William ^a   Pecorari, Monica ^a   Beretti, Francesca ^a   Alù, Milena ^a   Maiorana, Antonio ^a   Migaldi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Encephalitis; HHV 6

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; KETOCONAZOLE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE PAIN; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COMA; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DNA SEQUENCE; FEVER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GLIA CELL; HICCUP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETHARGY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CELL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6;

EID: 24644488197     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20443     Document Type: Article

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