Varicella-zoster virus DNA level and facial paralysis in Ramsay Hunt syndrome

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 700-705

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

^a Hokkaido Univ Grad Sch of Med ^*

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facial paralysis; Ramsay Hunt syndrome; Real time polymerase chain reaction; Varicella zoster virus

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VALACICLOVIR; VIRUS DNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVA ANALYSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 4544361915     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940411300905     Document Type: Article

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