An autopsy case of chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection (CAEBV): Distribution of central nervous system (CNS) lesions

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 170-177

  Kobayashi, Zen ^a,b,c   Tsuchiya, Kuniaki ^c,d   Takahashi, Makoto ^b   Yokota, Osamu ^c,e   Sasaki, Atsushi ^f   Bhunchet, Ekapot ^a   Arai, Tetsuaki ^c   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^c   Kamoshita, Masaharu ^a   Kotera, Minoru ^a   Mizusawa, Hidehiro ^b  

^a Tsuchiura Kyodo Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic active Epstein Barr virus infection (CAEBV); EBV associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (EBV HLH); Hemophagocytic syndrome; Macrophage; Natural killer (NK) cell; T cell

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; LYSOZYME; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEMOPHAGOCYTIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 55649102985     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.07.035     Document Type: Article

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