Seronegative Epstein-Barr virus myeloradiculitis in an immunocompetent 72-year-old woman

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1329-1330

  Mühlau, Mark ^a,b   Bulow S ^a   Stimmer, H ^a   Schaizl H ^a   Berihele, A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MYELORADICULOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 27144496955     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000180408.66112.58     Document Type: Article

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