Mollaret's meningitis due to human herpesvirus 6 in an adolescent

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 861-863

  Capouya, Jared D ^a   Berman, David M ^b   Dumois, Juan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSCARNET;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; MOOD DISORDER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FOSCARNET; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 33750000260     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806295286     Document Type: Article

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