The significance of Epstein-Barr virus detected in the cerebrospinal fluid of people with HIV infection

HIV Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 306-311

  Wang, J ^a   Ozzard, A ^a   Nathan, M ^a   Atkins, M ^a   Nelson, M ^a   Gazzard, B ^a   Bower, Mark ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Epstein Barrvirus; HIV; Primary cerebral lymphoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DNA, VIRAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, AIDS-RELATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250166444     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2007.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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