Langerhans cell histiocytosis and human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6), an analysis by real-time polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-320

  Glotzbecker, Michael P ^a   Dormans, John P ^b   Pawel, Bruce R ^b   Wills, Brian P ^b   Joshi, Yagnya ^b   Elkan, Michael ^b   Hodinka, Richard L ^b  

^a Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

HHV 6; Human herpes virus 6; Langerhans cell histiocytosis; LCH; PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FROZEN SECTION; HEREDITY; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFECTION; LANGERHANS CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; ADULT; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HISTIOCYTOSIS, LANGERHANS-CELL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 33645728407     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20039     Document Type: Article

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