Autoimmune neutropenia of infancy with multiple brain abscesses during the course of human herpesvirus-6 infection

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-153

  Tokushima Imayoshi, Miyoko ^a,b   Onoue, Tomoko ^a   Matsuo, Muneaki ^a   Yoshida, Nobuyuki ^a   Sato, Takashi ^c   Kobayashi, Masao ^c   Hamasaki, Yuhei ^a   Ishii, Eiichi ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Autoimmune neutropenia; Brain abscess; Human herpesvirus 6; Infancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ABSCESS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; GASTRITIS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMPETIGO; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; RECURRENT INFECTION; SKIN DISEASE; SUPERINFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRAIN ABSCESS; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33748437948     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.06064     Document Type: Article

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