Herpes simplex esophagitis in the immunocompetent host

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 340-344

  Kato, S ^a,b   Yamamoto, R ^a,b   Yoshimitsu, S ^a,b   Shimazaki, K ^a,c   Ogawa, S ^a   Itoh, K ^b   Miura, Soichiro ^b  

^a Self Defense Forces Fukuoka Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hematemesis; Herpes esophagitis; Herpes simplex virus 1; Immunocompetent host; Mallory Weiss syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OMEPRAZOLE; PENTAZOCINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS ULCER HEMORRHAGE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX ESOPHAGITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MALLORY WEISS SYNDROME; ODYNOPHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMORBIDITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMORBIDITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOPHAGITIS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALLORY-WEISS SYNDROME;

EID: 33644877619     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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