Human herpesvirus 6 encephalitis after bone marrow transplantation;Un cas d'encéphalite à herpès virus humain de type 6 après transplantation de moelle osseuse

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1518-1520

  Pop Jora, D ^a   Berhoune, C ^a   Najioullah, F ^b   Girard, S ^a   Mialou, V ^a   Bleyzac, N ^a   Galambrun, C ^a   Bertrand, Y ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

^b Domaine Rockfeller   (France)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplantation; Child; Encephalitis; herpes; Human herpes virus 6

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; RITUXIMAB; VALACICLOVIR; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELAPSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CHILD; ENCEPHALITIS, VIRAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANCICLOVIR; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE, L1; MALE; RECURRENCE; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845495654     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2006.08.018     Document Type: Article

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