Varicella-zoster virus and cerebral aneurysm: Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Bhayani, Nikhil ^a   Ranade, Prachi ^a   Clark, Nina M ^a   McGuinn, Marcella ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIREMIA; VIRUS LOAD; EMBOLISM; HERPES ZOSTER; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; REVIEW; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VIROLOGY;

ACYCLOVIR; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; EMBOLISM; HERPES ZOSTER; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 46249099673     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/588842     Document Type: Article

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