Recurrent lymphocytic meningitis: The role of herpesviruses

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1553-1557

  Kupila, Laura ^a,b   Vainionpää, Raija ^c   Vuorinen, Tytti ^c   Marttila, Reijo J ^a   Kotilainen, Pirkko ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b SATAKUNTA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

ADULT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 3, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 5344261744     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.61.10.1553     Document Type: Article

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