Fatal circumstances of human herpesvirus 6 infection: Transcriptosome data analysis suggests caution in implicating HHV-6 in the cause of death

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1173-1177

  Sergi, Consolato ^a   Daum, Edith ^b   Pedal, Ingo ^b   Hauröder, Bärbel ^c   Schnitzler, Paul ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN G;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 35348939065     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.048264     Document Type: Article

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