Baló's concentric sclerosis associated with primary human herpesvirus 6 infection

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1723-1725

  Pohl, Daniela ^a   Rostasy, K ^a   Krone, B ^a   Hanefeld, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FOSCARNET; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; OLIGOCLONAL BAND;

ADULT; ANOMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMIANOPIA; HEMISPHERE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALAISE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELIZAEUS MERZBACHER DISEASE; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SEROCONVERSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; DIFFUSE CEREBRAL SCLEROSIS OF SCHILDER; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28144448326     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.062331     Document Type: Article

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