Variable patterns of varicella-zoster virus reactivation in Ramsay Hunt syndrome

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 355-360

  Aizawa, Hiroshi ^a   Ohtani, Fumio ^a   Futura, Yasushi ^a   Sawa, Hirofumi ^a   Fukuda, Satoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti VZV antibody; Facial paralysis; Real time quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

HERPES ZOSTER IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEURITIS; PATHOGENESIS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REACTIVATION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DNA, VIRAL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 3;

EID: 4344604965     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20181     Document Type: Article

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