Polymerase chain reaction analysis and oligoclonal antibody in the cerebrospinal fluid from 34 patients with varicella-zoster virus infection of the nervous system

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 938-942

  Gregoire, S M ^a   Van Pesch, V ^b   Goffette, S ^b   Peeters, A ^a   Sindic, C J M ^a,b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MENINGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULITIS; RASH; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VIRAL DISEASES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33746281452     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.090316     Document Type: Article

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